The Podcast: Bad (Lady) Barber Town (Re-release)
Bad (Lady) Barber Town
(Re-release)
Summary
In this week’s episode we discuss the case of Lorena Upper, a so-called "lady barber" accused of violating the “red light statute” here in Bellingham, Washington in 1922 and what it meant to work as a woman in a traditionally male occupation at the time.
This episode is a re-release from the 2020 season of “Bad Town” on the City of Subdued Podcast, hosted by Annika Fleming, Maria Dalla Gasperina and yours truly along with Good Time Girls founder Marissa McGrath.
We have updates on this episode at the end!
Show notes and more at https://bellinghistory.com/the-podcast
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Stereoscope card depicting “The New Woman Barber” by Universal View Company.
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Because I Was Flesh The Autobiography of Edward Dahlberg. Edward Dahlberg. New Directions (January 17, 1967).
To Edward Dahlberg, 'Kansas City is a smutty and religious town' Blog by Steve Paul, Editor and columnist for The Kansas City Star (March 01, 2019).