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Libby and Billy Thompson by all accounts had more or less seperated well before Billy's death in 1897. Libby and the children moved from Texas to Mountain View Oklahoma sometime around the turn of the century. The man who was either married to Libby or supporting the family since perhaps as far back as 1891 was Mr Young. Who is Mr Young? Does anyone have ANY information on this man? He was jailed in 1896 for being a Long Rider cattle rustler in Oklahoma then disappeared from our family history.

All of the info I have on this man is that his last name was Young and lived near (now known as) Mountain View Oklahoma and he went to jail in 1896. If anyone knows anything more please respond to this WIKI.

Mitchel

Libby's Great Grandson in Gilroy Ca.

Archaic language

An I edit I made to update "prostitute" to "sex worker" was reverted with the reason given was that the correct term was not in use at the time. This reason is is irrelevant as the article is written and dated now. This article is not a historical artifact. Sarahjansen (talk) 22:50, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarahjansen: Firstly, please see bold, revert, discuss. If you make a change which is reverted, then you should discuss it on the talk page not change it back to your viewpoint. Please also see Village pump (policy)/Archive 155#Prostitute vs. sex worker for a general discussion on the subject. This discussion was precipitated by individual editors continually changing "prostitute" to "sex worker" on some articles and other editors changing "sex worker" to "prostitute" on other articles. Which term is "correct" depends on your location and political views. In Australia "sex worker" is the common term, whereas supporters of the Nordic Model and others who support prohibition of prostitution oppose the use of "sex worker" as in their view it legitimises prostitution. Additionally, predominately outside Australia, "sex worker" is a much broader term which also includes strippers, pornography performers etc.

The term "sex work" was first coined in the 1970s and was used in mainstream publication from the 1990s. Some editors in the above discussions thought "prostitute" was more appropriate to use when referring to pre-1970 subjects, none opposed that. It was also suggested that we should use the terminology that the reliable sources supporting the article use. In this case they all use "prostitute". Whilst there is a strong argument for using "sex worker" in articles about a 20th century Australian, there isn't for a 18th century American. --John B123 (talk) 05:42, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]