Audio recording clip of interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee D. White, February 14, 1997
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Cotton, Ethel Dolores D.D. White, Claytee D
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Part of an interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee White on February 14, 1997. Cotton discusses challenges faced by women dealers and her work as a dancer and dealer in a number of casinos.Oh, I don't know. It wasn't very long, maybe. It had something to do with the city law. They made all the women stop doing anything in the gambling industry and that included the Westside. They didn't have that many women working but they had a few ladies dealing blackjack on the Westside. The lady I mentioned earlier, Catherine Joseph who has been here forever, I think she's now the director for the EOB in school. Another lady that owns a store here, they were all dealers. Even Sarann [Preddy] Knight, the lady that owned the Moulin Rouge, she was a dealer. They all worked on the Westside. But something happened during that time period. They changed the law and women weren't allowed to deal anymore. That means deal cards, write Keno or anything. That's what happened. That's why I stopped doing that. I just can't remember the date but it had to be maybe 1959. Then I went to working as a cocktail waitress. Bob Bailey had a place here in town and I worked for him for awhile. An
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