Researching Sally Stanford
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The name Sally means "form of SARAH - princess" and is of English origin.
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Sally Stanford
Sally Stanford (May 5, 1903 – February 1, 1982) was a madam, restaurateur, council member and the mayor of Sausalito, California.
Born Mabel Janice Busby, in Oregon in 1903, Stanford moved to San Francisco in 1924. From 1940 to 1949, she was madam of a bordello at 1144 Pine Street on Nob Hill in a house designed by architect Stanford White. She adopted the name Stanford as one of many pseudonyms. According to her autobiography Lady of the House, she saw a newspaper headline about Stanford University's winning a football game and adopted the surname.
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