Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois from February 1900 until October 1911.
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14 Facts About Everleigh Club
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Ada Everleigh Club, the elder, was born in Greene County, Virginia on February 15,1864, and died in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 5,1960.
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Everleigh Club was described by Chicago's Vice Commission as "probably the most famous and luxurious house of prostitution in the country".
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Everleigh Club started by contacting her former employees in Omaha and spreading the word through brothels across the country.
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The brothel opened on February 1,1900 with little fanfare, and turned away many of the clients who initially appeared because the Everleigh Club Sisters did not deem them to be the suitably upscale clientele they were seeking.
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Everleigh sisters Minna and Ada—the madams of the Everleigh Club— carried out very different duties in the operation of the club.
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Everleigh Club did not only take care of the logistics the club required but she was responsible for hiring new girls.
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Everleigh Club's sass lent her the ability to effortlessly interact with guests.
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Everleigh quickly gained a reputation as an upscale gentlemen's club, so much so that the Everleigh sisters were forced to turn away prospective clients even on opening day on February 1,1900.
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The Everleigh sisters deemed a prospective client "worthy" to be admitted into the club if: the prospective client provided a letter of recommendation from an existing member, an engraved card, or through a formal introduction by Minna or Ada.
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Everleigh Club sisters operated their brothel as a place of luxury and royalty, made available only to the wealthier and more prominent clients.
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The Everleigh Club sisters were known for their tendency to bribe local aldermen to look the other way when it came to legal manners.
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Shortly after the brothel was closed, Minna Everleigh Club testified against Chicago aldermen "Bathhouse" John Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Kenna.
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Novel The Golden Room by Irving Wallace gives a fictionalized account of the events surrounding the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia to the Everleigh Club, taking great liberties with dates and historical characters.
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