Chicago is known for many things: the second busiest airport, the locale of such events as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as well as the home of many great buildings, companies, politicians and crooks. Let’s not forget something else Chicago is known for: The Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history. In Sin in the Second City , Karen Abbot tells us the story of the Everleigh sisters, Minna and Ada, who opened and operated the Everleigh Club at the start of the 20th century and attempted to elevate the industry through their own practices. Everleigh girls at the brothel, or “butterflies” as the madams like to call them, were ensured to dine on gourmet food, to be examined properly by an honest doctor, and tutored in literature. Never did the sisters go out to find girls to work for them; they didn’t need to when they had a waiting list of girls that wanted to come work for them. They were well fed and well treated unlike many othe
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