Raid at the Colonial Hotel.
This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane: Sex work was an important economic driver in the growth of the Lilac City.
The Colonial Hotel where Widner worked had quite the reputation and frequently appears in newspapers stories such as this one from 1909.
This file appears in: Sex Work in Early Spokane: Sex work was an important economic driver in the growth of the Lilac City.
Sex Work in Early Spokane: Sex work was an important economic driver in the growth of the Lilac City.
Though first-hand accounts from prostitutes in this era are rare, a set of letters from a Spokane sex worker shed light on "the world's oldest profession."