Madam of the Maritimes: The Life and Times of Ada McCallum

Here is the fascinating true story of how a poor girl from the Prairies rose above poverty and hardship to become the best known, and seemingly untouchable, madam in this country. Everyone from housewives to politicians knew her simply as Ada – the renowned madam of Canada’s most notorious brothel at 51 Hollis Street in Halifax.

For more than four decades, Ada Jane McCallum and the women known as her girls offered sex for sale to the local gentry and to thousands of sailors, soldiers, and ...