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In most cases these are not women in fancy dresses living in luxury, but rather struggling women, living rough in small towns that sprang up as mines opened, land came up for grabs, and harsh frontier justice often swamped law and order.
Riley, Glenda & Etulain, Richard W., eds. Wild women of the Old West by Gerrity, Mary T. / Kliatt
The Simone Hotel (AR June 1993), for instance, is a humane and inventive approach to the maligned typology of the short stay hostel, providing accommodation for people who would otherwise be living rough on the streets.
SOCIAL SERVICE by SLESSOR, CATHERINE / The Architectural Review
In the mid '70s, the composer Gavin Bryars came upon a recording of a song sung by an old tramp living rough in London: "Jesus' blood never failed me yet/Never failed me yet;/There's one thing I know,/For he loves me so.
Louise Fishman: Valles Marineris, 1992 by Harris, Bertha / Artforum International
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