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Stephanie St. Clair (December 24, 1897 in Martinique, French Caribbean – December 1969) was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early 20th century. St. Clair resisted the Mafia 's interests for several years after Prohibition ended; she became a local legend for her public denunciations of corrupt police and ...
May 21, 2021 · A gangster, civil rights advocate, fashionista and businesswoman, she took on one of the biggest crime bosses of the era —and lived to tell about it. Far from hiding in a criminal...
Jan 12, 2022 · A fearless Black racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair built a gambling empire in Harlem — and faced down some of New York's most infamous mobsters.
May 9, 2022 · Madame Stephanie St. Clair was a Harlem entrepreneur with a head for numbers and a skill for minting cash—even during the Great Depression. But like most African Americans in the early 20 th...
Feb 13, 2008 · Stephanie St. Clair died quietly in Harlem in 1969 at the age of 72. Subjects: African American History, People. Terms: 20th Century (1900-1999), Gender - Women, United States - New York, Europe - France, Gangsters/Outlaws, North America-Martinique.
Stephanie St. Clair. Born: December 24, 1897, probably on French Guadeloupe. Died: December 1969, Central Islip, New York. Nicknames: Queenie, Madam Queen, Madam St. Clair, Queen of the Policy Rackets. Associations: Bumpy Johnson, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano.
Feb 6, 2024 · Stephanie St. Clair, she of many names—Queenie, Madam Queen, Madam St. Clair, and Queen of the Policy Rackets—used her nerves of steel, mathematical acumen, self-made story, and street...
May 24, 2017 · Madame Stephanie St. Clair was one of few black women to dominate Harlem’s gambling racket during the 1920s and 1930s. Her flamboyant lifestyle and reputation as a dangerous numbers banker captured the imagination of New Yorkers.
Feb 23, 2021 · Historian LaShawn Harris describes one very different kind of story: Madame Stephanie St. Clair, who became known as Harlem’s numbers queen. One former resident of the building described her “breezing through the lobby with her fur coat dramatically flowing behind her.”
Sep 14, 2022 · Nicknamed ‘Queenie’ and ‘Madame St. Clair’, Stephanie St. Clair (1897-1969) was one of the most famous racketeers in Harlem in the early 20th century. Known for her entrepreneurial, no-nonsense spirit, St. Clair ran a lucrative illegal numbers game, lent money and forcefully collected debts, becoming a multi-millionaire in today’s ...
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