The San Francisco hippy scene proved particularly worrisome for vulnerable young women. Bettmann Archive So much of the hippy scene was tied up with protest, most notably against the war in Vietnman.

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She made a fortune in the late 1960s by selling bell-bottom jeans, leather jackets and concert tickets to flower children in San Francisco, including her friend Janis Joplin. Then Peggy Caserta ...