Died February 1, 1982 (Greenbrae, California)
San Francisco madam
Sally Stanford was a bootlegger of illegal liquor during Prohibition in the 1930s before becoming a famous San Francisco madam during the 1930s and 1940s. A madam is a woman who manages a house of prostitution, also known as a brothel. Stanford supplied prostitutes to male customers and collected a percentage of the prostitute's fee. Experiencing financial success, Stanford opened brothels in the elite sections of San Francisco, catering to wealthy and influential men from around the world. Stanford eventually left prostitution to avoid prosecution and went into legitimate business. She was eventually elected mayor of Sausalito, California, and was the subject of a movie.
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Books
Brock, Deborah R. Making Work, Making Trouble: Prostitution as a Social Problem. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Flowers, R. Barri. The Prostitution of Women and Girls. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1998.
Stanford, Sally. The Lady of the House. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966.
Web Site
"Infamous Inmates: Sally Stanford, 1949." San Francisco Sheriff's Department. http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/site/sheriff_index.asp?id=25456 (accessed on August 15, 2004).
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