Prostitutes, pimps and madams were charged with vagrancy. Until the 1890s, madams predominately ran the businesses, after which male pimps took over. Members included pimps, madams, "porteras" as well as the spouses of the male members. Some madams, often former prostitutes themselves, rose to become independently wealthy. Prior to shooting, Fonda spent time interviewing several prostitutes and madams. The women are also referred to as U.N. madams (, "U.N. madam"). During the 1950s and 1960s, two madams controlled the Iranian prostitutes. Madams were allowed to keep a brothel going, with payments going to the gaolers. In both literature and paintings the madams were portrayed as evil profiteers. Brezing and some other madams ignored the ordnance. They played many different roles from drug dealers to undercover cops to madams. The Mayor for Spelthorne is Cllr Mary Madams. They moved to several places of kerala and founded Madams as their home. Baker was the last in a long line of Helena madams.