(Circa: 3rd Century BC through 1940)
Aspasia: hetaera companion of Pericles
Laura Bell: the "Queen of London whoredom"
Theresa Berkeley: 19th-century dominatrix
Georgina Beyer: Member of New Zealand Parliament
Alice Chambers: 19th century Dodge City prostitute
Veronica Franco: Venetian courtesan and poet
Jean Genet: French writer and political activist
Raymond Gravel: Canadian Member of Parliament
Nell Gwynne: courtesan to Charles II of England
Mata Hari: (born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle)
Sharon Lomison: Famous anarchist
Gerda Munsinger: Soviet spy
Cora Pearl: 19th century French courtesan
Phryne: Greek hetaera
Madame de Pompadour: courtesan to Louis XV of France
Grisélidis Réal: Swiss prostitute and writer
Shady Sadie (Josephine Marcus): Courtesan who had an affair with Wyatt
Erpp
Sally Stanford: Dean of San Francisco Madams, Restaurateur and Mayor of
Sausalito, California
Libby Thompson: "Squirrel Tooth Alice," madam of a brothel in Sweetwater,
Texas
Vasantsenaa: Courtesan of 3rd Century Magadh Empire, Indore, India.
Su Xiaoxiao: Chinese courtesan of 5th century
Thais: Greek hetaera who lived during the time of Alexander the Great
Theodora: Empress of Byzantium
Please note that some of these ladies listed above should be honored with the highest regards for their famous contributions to humanity! Some went on to become excellent political leaders and advisers, and others were spies for different countries!
*All were significant*
*All should be appreciated*
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