Mercer Girls
Women moving to the Seattle area in 1860s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mercer Girls or Mercer Maids were women who chose to move from the east coast of the United States to the Seattle area in the 1860s at the invitation of Asa Mercer. Mercer, an American who lived in Seattle, wanted to "import" women to the Pacific Northwest to balance the gender ratio.[1] The women were drawn by the prospect of moving to a boomtown with a surplus of bachelors.[2] These events formed the basis of the television series Here Come the Brides.[3]