Victoria Unbuttoned: A Red-Light History of BC's Capital City

A nuanced history of prostitution in Victoria told through newly uncovered stories of women who lived it.

From the establishment of Fort Victoria, BC’s capital city has had a long history of prostitution. But little has been written on the lives of the women themselves—some of the most enterprising women in Victoria’s past. Instead, these women’s stories have been relegated to judgmental newspaper headlines. Now historian Linda J. Eversole takes a deeper look at their lives, from the mid-nin...