 Mother Damnable

Mary Ann Conklin, also known as Mother Damnable and Madame Damnable (1821–1873) ran Seattle's first brothel, the Felker House, a major means of accumulating money from sailors and lumbermen into local businesses.The name by which she is most widely known derives not from the nature of her business, but from her legendarily unrestrained language, learned at sea and from her customers.