Barrows, Sydney Biddle

Sydney Biddle Barrows
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Name	Barrows, Sydney Biddle Gender: F
Birthname	Moore, Eugene
born on	14 January 1952 at 02:05 (= 02:05 AM )
Place	Long Branch NJ, USA, 40n18, 74w00
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	23°04' 15°40 Asc. 13°27'

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Biography

American noted family, the ancestor of one of the oldest family names in America. When her story came out, people started to call her "the Mayflower Madam." She was the founder and manager of an exclusive Escort Service that provided high-class prostitutes for clients with expensive tastes and generous funds. In 1984, she was arrested and fined $5,000 for her operation. With William Novak, she wrote "Mayflower Madam" in 1986, which sold in the form of a lucrative best-seller and a TV movie deal.

At one time, she was available for lectures at $4,000 an evening. She had to appear at a lot of chicken dinners to cover a legal tab of $650,000. In December 1987, her former business manager sued her for $100,000 for nonpayment of fees. A media consultant also filed a $10 million suit for breach of agreement.

By 1991 Barrows redefined "adult education" with a road show of one-night seminars on the escort business. She denies she is promoting prostitution but notes, "If people are going to do it, I'd rather they'd do it right." With her hair neatly pulled back she looks more like a Brownie troop leader than a former madam. She talks about organizing an escort service as though it were a sorority tea. She advised her "young ladies" to read news magazines and watch TV documentaries so that they can carry on a conversation over a bottle of wine. Briefcases are a must on hotel visits to look businesslike. And courtesy dictates that girls wait until the evening entertainment has been transacted before broaching payment. She claims that during her years in business, her annual earnings were in the mid six figures.

Articulate, pleasant, intelligent and well-informed, Barrow looks the part of an aristocratic socialite. She loves clothes and fashion and is a shrewd businesswoman. She does not see prostitution as a social evil, but a matter of choice of a woman to do what she wishes with her body, and of a man, to seek solace and pleasure in a safe and comfortable environment.

Barrows married Darnay Hoffman, a legal scholar and TV producer, on 5/14/1994 in New York. The marriage was her first and his third. Hoffman had contacted her four months prior after hearing her on a talk show and they had been together since then.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

• Social Crime Perpetration 1984 (For running escort service)

• Crime : Law suit December 1987 (Sued by former business manager)

• Relationship : Marriage 14 May 1994 (Darnay Hoffman)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1986 (Mayflower Madam)

• Work : Begin Major Project 1991 (One night seminars)

• Relationship : Meet a significant person January 1994 (Met Darnay Hoffman)

Source Notes

B.C. in hand, LMR

Categories

• Passions : Criminal Victim : Lawsuit sued (Several)

• Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Civil/ Political (Arrested)

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer ("Mayflower Madam")

• Vocation : Education : Public speaker (Lecturer)

• Family : Relationship : Married late/never (First marriage at 42)

• Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection

• Notable : Famous : Newsmaker

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Traits : Personality : Gracious/ sociable (Pleasant)

• Family : Childhood : Family noted (One of oldest American names)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)

• Family : Parenting : Kids none

• Traits : Personality : Articulate

• Vocation : Sex Business : Courtesan/ Escort (High-class escort service, prostitution)