Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere, James Colosimo, Libby Thompson, Lulu White, Jack Zuta, Mother Damnable, Everleigh Sisters, Joe Conforte, Mame Faye, Dora Dufran, Mollie Johnson, Sally Stanford, Louise Wooster, Belle Brezing, Mike Heitler, Nina Clifford, Mattie Silks, Big Sue, Hilma Burt, Minnie White. Excerpt: Anna Wilson (May 27, 1835 - October 27, 1911) was a pioneer madam in Omaha, Nebraska . When she died she bequeathed her life savings to the City of Omaha, along with her 25-room mansion brothel, which was used as a hospital. Wilson was responsible for "establishing Omaha's first serious comfort station," and was known as the "Queen of the Underworld." Biography Little is known about Wilson's early life. Unsubstantiated rumors circulated around Omaha that she was born into an aristocratic Southern family. Wilson and her long-time partner, Dan Allen, were together in 1870, when famous Lincoln prostitute Josie Washburn worked for her. Wilson reportedly assumed the role of a parent if one of the prostitutes that worked for her got married, including paying the wedding expenses. After Allen died Wilson started investing in real estate. She amassed a large amount of money, and according to one account, half her fortune was made in the last ten years of her life from the purchase and sale of real estate. By 1886, her initial career choice provided sufficient funds for her to build a 25-room mansion at 912 Douglas Street. It was a three-story, 25-room building with racy artwork. She lived there until she left what was known as "the Sporting District ." Wilson bequeathed the famous gabled brothel on Douglas Street to the city when she died in 1911. It became the Omaha Emergency Hospital and for man...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Brothel Owners: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere. To get started finding American Brothel Owners: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
90
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155805992
American Brothel Owners: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere, James Colosimo, Libby Thompson, Lulu White, Jack Zuta, Mother Damnable, Everleigh Sisters, Joe Conforte, Mame Faye, Dora Dufran, Mollie Johnson, Sally Stanford, Louise Wooster, Belle Brezing, Mike Heitler, Nina Clifford, Mattie Silks, Big Sue, Hilma Burt, Minnie White. Excerpt: Anna Wilson (May 27, 1835 - October 27, 1911) was a pioneer madam in Omaha, Nebraska . When she died she bequeathed her life savings to the City of Omaha, along with her 25-room mansion brothel, which was used as a hospital. Wilson was responsible for "establishing Omaha's first serious comfort station," and was known as the "Queen of the Underworld." Biography Little is known about Wilson's early life. Unsubstantiated rumors circulated around Omaha that she was born into an aristocratic Southern family. Wilson and her long-time partner, Dan Allen, were together in 1870, when famous Lincoln prostitute Josie Washburn worked for her. Wilson reportedly assumed the role of a parent if one of the prostitutes that worked for her got married, including paying the wedding expenses. After Allen died Wilson started investing in real estate. She amassed a large amount of money, and according to one account, half her fortune was made in the last ten years of her life from the purchase and sale of real estate. By 1886, her initial career choice provided sufficient funds for her to build a 25-room mansion at 912 Douglas Street. It was a three-story, 25-room building with racy artwork. She lived there until she left what was known as "the Sporting District ." Wilson bequeathed the famous gabled brothel on Douglas Street to the city when she died in 1911. It became the Omaha Emergency Hospital and for man...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Brothel Owners: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere. To get started finding American Brothel Owners: Texas Guinan, Lou Graham, Polly Adler, Eunice Gray, Dennis Hof, Deborah L. Turbiville, Anna Wilson, Pearl de Vere, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.