Mother Featherlegs

Mother Featherlegs
Monument to Mother Featherlegs near Lusk, Wyoming
Died1879 (1880)
Niobrara County, Wyoming, U.S.
Cause of deathMurder
Resting placeMother Featherlegs Cemetery, Niobrara County, Wyoming, U.S.
42°37′34″N 104°31′50″W / 42.6260986°N 104.5306015°W / 42.6260986; -104.5306015
Other namesCharlotte Shepard
OccupationsSex worker, Madam
Partner“Dangerous Dick” Davis
Children2

Charlotte Shepard, better known by the alias "Mother Featherlegs" (died 1879), was a prostitute who lived near Lusk, Wyoming and was murdered during a robbery in 1879. She received her name because of the ruffled lace underwear she wore. Her grave has been called the only monument in the United States to a sex worker.

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