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Sally Stanford (née Mabel Janice Busby, and political pseudonym Marsha Owen; May 5, 1903 – February 1, 1982) was an American madam, restaurateur, city council member, and a former mayor of Sausalito, California.
Jul 2, 2018 · This was the life story of the legendary Ms. Sally Stanford, who conquered hardship and a third-grade education with a winning combination of sass and street smarts. Born in 1903 (with the name Mabel Busby) in Baker County, Oregon, the second of five children, Stanford’s wild spirit showed itself early.
Feb 10, 2021 · A smart businesswoman, Stanford sponsored a Little League team and served as vice president of the local Chamber of Commerce. Her motives were clear. In her 1966 autobiography, published under the name Sally Stanford, “The Lady of the House,” she wrote, “I knew what I wanted to be: an ex-madam.”
Sally Stanford was the wholly invented persona of a woman who catapulted herself from childhood poverty into national and international prominence as San Francisco’s best mid-century madam, and later award-winning Valhalla restaurateur, and Mayor of nearby Sausalito.
Jan 26, 2021 · Sally Stanford may have hoped to escape her past as a San Francisco brothel madam from the late 1920s to the late 1940s when she became Sausalito’s mayor at age 72 in 1976, but she couldn’t.
May 6, 2020 · Sally Stanford (born Mabel Busby — the first of many names) grew up poor and married young at 16. She went to prison for two years shortly afterward for using a stolen check.
Sally Stanford was smart, funny, worldly wise. She carved an unconventional path for herself from 3rd-grade dropout to power and success.
