Madeline Blair

Madeline Blair (born 1905) also known as Adelaide Andrews, Jackie or Blackie was an American prostitute from Bridgeport, Connecticut.[1] She was known for being a stowaway aboard the United States Navy ship USS Arizona and plying her trade while on board the battleship.[2] She is sometimes conflated with Madeleine Blair (note spelling), who was born in St. Louis and later became a brothel madam and activist in Chicago and Canada,[3] and whose autobiography was published in 1919.[4]

  1. ^ Van Patten, Peg (17 August 2016). "Graduate Education: Connecticut student uses art to discover women's seafaring history". Connecticut Sea Grant. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ Woessner, Iain (7 December 2009). "Before death brought immortality, USS Arizona's life included movie role, even scandal". Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Madeleine Blair: Nobody's Victim". 13 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ Blair, Madeleine (1986). Madeleine: An Autobiography. Persea Books. ISBN 9780892551088.