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# Petticoat Brigade
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/petticoat-brigade-6kevsz/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:58:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:08:13.000Z
- Description: The mad scheme to bring marriageable women to Puget Sound’s frontier.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 5, Episode 8, #ZZZ_Episode_743f3dd1-ccac-4900-bbbf-dad586559871, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

A mad scheme to bring marriageable women to Puget Sound’s frontier was the basis for a 1960s TV series, Here Come the Brides. But it wasn’t all calico and fun. Racism and sex trafficking are part of the context often overlooked when it comes to the famous “Mercer Girls.”