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MAY 11, 1908: Alma de Bretteville married business mogul Adolph Spreckels in San Francisco and coined the term “sugar daddy”.

MAY 11, 1908: Alma de Bretteville married business mogul Adolph Spreckels in San Francisco and coined the term “sugar daddy”.

UPDATED May 11, 2022 Alma Charlotte Corday le Normand de Bretteville was born on March 24, 1881 on a farm in San Francisco’s Sunset District[1]….

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MAY 5, 1903: Famous San Francisco madame Sally Stanford was born Mabel Janice Busby in Baker County, Oregon.

MAY 5, 1903: Famous San Francisco madame Sally Stanford was born Mabel Janice Busby in Baker County, Oregon.

Mabel Busby was the second of five siblings born into poverty. She had a third grade education, though she presented as educated because she was…

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