Karen Abbott
Minna Everleigh
The outspoken co-proprietor of the Everleigh Club handled promotion, disciplined courtesans, and mingled in the parlors with her “boys.”

Vic Shaw
The established queen of the Levee until the Everleighs’ arrival resented the sisters’ success and did everything in her power to ruin them.



The Madams


Minna Everleigh
minna everleigh

Vic Shaw
a young vic shaw

Ada Everleigh
Ada Everleigh

Vic Shaw
Vic Shaw, 1910
Ada Everleigh
The quiet, older Everleigh sister interviewed prospective courtesans, balanced the books and was considered the brains of the operation.

Zoe Millard and Georgie Spencer
Two prominent madams in Vic Shaw’s league who shared her dislike for the Everleigh sisters.