The iconic Las Vegas showgirl is an image most are familiar with but do we all know where she originates? In todays episode we learn about how the showgirl came to be and how she has changed through the Eras. Give it a listen and tell us what you think!
Source Material:
History of the Moulin Rouge: The Great Periods
https://www.moulinrouge.fr/en/the-moulin-rouge/history/the-great-periods
Who were the original showgirls? by Erin Blakemore
Published August 13, 2025
Original Archived Vegas Showgirl Costume Drawings
https://special.library.unlv.edu/collections/showgirls
Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld’s Broadway by Eve Golden Edition: 2
Copyright Date: 2000
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1m592bn?turn_away=true
This Day in History series, by the History Magazine editors, first published in 2009, updated May 2025
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-30/folies-bergere-stage-first-revue
How the Dazzling Las Vegas Strip Rose Up From the Desert by Chris Carra
Published 2024
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/dazzling-las-vegas-strip-rose-up-from-desert-180983696
The Showgirl: A Las Vegas Story, by Heather Caputo in the Winter 22022 issue