Willie Piazza

Willie Vincent Piazza (c. 1865 – November 2, 1932) was a sex worker and brothel proprietor in the Storyville area of New Orleans, United States, during that red light district's period of legal operation.[1] From 1898 until the district's closure in 1917, Piazza worked as a madam and specialized in providing octoroon women for her clients; she herself was mixed-race.[2]

  1. ^ "The Women of Storyville - A Visual Site". The Women of Storyville. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Robinson 2012, p. 153.