Alexandra Scholten

Alexandra Scholten studied the history of art and museum studies at the University of Michigan. She previously worked as an archival digitization technician at the Minnesota Historical Society and currently works at the University of Chicago.

St. Paul’s Nina Clifford: the ‘richest woman of the underworld’

By Alexandra Scholten

March 21, 2022

Clifford was relatively upfront about the operations at 147 Washington Street, since she operated her brothel within the St. Paul’s vice districts.

From vaudeville to nightclubs: Drag performance in Minnesota at the turn of the 20th century

By Alexandra Scholten

July 6, 2021

Theater allowed drag performers to evade laws banning “cross-dressing.”