Everleigh, Aida (1864–1960)
Everleigh, Aida (1864–1960)
American madam. Born Aida Simms, 1864, in Stanardsville, Greene Co., Virginia; died Jan 3, 1960; dau. of George Montgomery Simms (widower and lawyer); sister of Minna Everleigh; attended private schools; married the brother of her sister's husband (div. following year).
With sister, ran the Everleigh Club in the red-light district in the Levee in Chicago, the most successful and most expensive bordello in American history; a business genius, was considered the brains of the operation.
See also Women in World History.
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