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Mattie Silks
American madam
Mattie Silks, or Martha Ready[1] (1846[2]– 7 January 1929[3]), was a prostitute[4] and leading madam in the late 19th century American West.[1]
Early life
Mattie Silks was born Martha A.
Nimon in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1845.
Mattie silks biography definition
Silks was one of five children born to farmers Henry and Sarah Nimon. Little is known about Silks' childhood other than her family moved to Erie, Indiana in 1850. Silks left her family home some time between 1860 and 1865. She may have traveled to Kansas or Springfield, Illinois.[5] It is not certain whether she immediately went to work in the field prostitution upon leaving home.
According to author Jan MacKell Collins, many historians are of the opinion that she may have worked as a freighter on wagon trains.[5] Still, It is possible that Silks worked as both a freighter and madam while residing in Kansas as some historians contend that she wa