Madams

In the queue at Arcadia, white matrons -- or "madams" as they are called here -- stood alongside their black maids and gardeners who were about to vote in a formerly all-white school they would not have been allowed to attend. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Houghton "madams" stood side by side with their domestic workers, waiting to vote. ❋ Unknown (1994)

The story last year led to a flood of calls to AIDS centres from worried white "madams" wanting their maids tested. ❋ Unknown (1992)

"When issues such as informed consent, the right to refuse a test and the confidentiality of results were explained the resultant anger revealed the sense of ownership felt by most 'madams'," ❋ Unknown (1992)

Biographies of virtually all the major madams include at least one story of armed self-defense against a male assailant. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Prostitutes who rose to the top of the industry to become “madams” owned more wealth than any other women in the United States. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

When women were barred from most jobs and wives had no legal right to own property, madams in the West owned large tracts of land and prized real estate. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Though they were certainly exploited in brothels, madams and prostitutes had wielded considerable power in their relations with customers. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Headed by august gentlemen but staffed mostly by female social workers, the vice commissions conducted investigations using undercover agents, publicized their findings in local newspapers, and lobbied aggressively for municipal and state authorities to take action against brothels, madams, prostitutes, and their clients. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Chinese and Mexican madams controlled much of the commerce in early San Francisco and Los Angeles. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

While women were told that they could not and should not protect themselves from violence, and wives had no legal recourse against being raped by their husbands, police officers were employed by madams to protect the women who worked for them, and many madams owned and knew how to use guns. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

To attract women in the highly competitive markets of western boomtowns, where red-light districts nearly always included several brothels, most madams not only paid their employees far higher wages than they would find in any other employment, they also provided free birth control, health care, legal assistance, housing, and meals for their employees. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

There were many wealthy, powerful, and famous madams who had been born into slavery. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Decades before American employers offered health insurance to their workers, madams across the West provided their employees with free health care. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

After the 1906 earthquake that destroyed much of San Francisco, Hayman and other madams provided food and clothing to the thousands left homeless. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

There were Jewish madams and Italian madams and Cherokee madams. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Some madams abused their employees or placed them in peonage, but these tended to be the less successful brothel keepers. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Several madams were so wealthy that they funded irrigation and road-building projects that laid the foundation for the New West. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

High-end madams were not the only prostitutes who acquired substantial wealth. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Nobody had the poor taste to mention the infamous black books in which Vitter's friendly madams in Washington and New Orleans had inscribed his name and phone number. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My [mother-in-law] was a madam ([literally]). ❋ SARA1 (2009)

"Ce [qui] [toi] indispose, madame?" ("What upsets you, [my lady]?") ❋ Lorelili (2006)

I was a streewalker but [ever since] [last year] I am a madam and i make [better] $$$ ❋ Kira (2004)

I gave money to her for [perks] but she did a Madame and I have neither the money nor [the perks] OR She pulled a Madame and used my [artwork] on her page without giving credit. ❋ Comfortdoll (2019)

[Sketchy man]: So baby, how 'bout we go back to my hotel room? [Madame]: Pardonnez-moi? Sketchy man: How much for an hour? Madame: Um, are you looking for a job as a pimp or just a little company? Sketchy man: Well, I was look for a lil' [somethin' somethin'], know what I mean? What's yo' name? Madame: You can call me Madame Latch. ❋ Callmemadame (2005)

❋ Joshiro007 (2003)

"Good morning [Madame] [Lopes]. How would you like your coffee today? "[How can I help you], mam?" "You forgot your sunglasses in our office, [madame]" "Don't forget your sunglasses again, mam." ❋ Linguistics Guy (2017)

[Madam X] [runs] this [brothel] ❋ ZJay412 (2020)

[Madame]:Ay, nigga, betta listen [cuzz] i'm yo [madame]. Man:Okay,want me to [eat you out] now? ❋ _nobody_ Important_fo Real (2006)

when my [truck] [broke down] people asked why i was mad. I told them "[Madame] truck wont start." ❋ Willy B Quick (2003)