Vina Fields was an African American brothel madam who operated in Chicago at the turn of the century. Her career began in the 1870s when she established her brothel, House of Pleasure, in the Levee District of Chicago. At the height of her 30-year career, she was housing and managing 60 women; this made her one of Chicago's wealthiest African Americans. She was described as a true "character of the red light district". Not much is known about Fields' personal life, but historian Cynthia Blair details her massive impact on the sex industry of Chicago, giving her the recognition she deserves as an influential and important African American woman in the history of Chicago.
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