St. Clair, Stephanie, 1897-1969

LC control no.	n 2013071178
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	St. Clair, Stephanie, 1897-1969 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Clair, Stephanie St., 1897-1969
Biography/History note	Stephanie St. Clair was born on Guadeloupe on Dec. 24, 1897. She arrived in New York on the S.S. Guiana on July 30, 1911. As she was only 13, the crew of the S.S. Guiana estimated her birth to be around 1887, which would give them deniability concerning her true age. She died in 1969, just prior to her 73rd birthday--Taken from "The world of Stephanie St. Clair," c2014.
Located	Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date	1897
Death date	1969
Found in	The world of Stephanie St. Clair, 2014: ECIP t.p. (Stephanie St. Clair) gallery (b. 1897, d. 1969; Harlem gangster, ran various criminal enterprises) Madame St-Clair, reine de Harlem, c2015: p. 4 of cover (Stéphanie "Queenie" St-Clair, born on the island of Martinique; she became queen of the illegal lottery in Harlem) La1ere.fr. WWW, 21 Sept. 2015: Outre-mer : Le formidable roman de Raphaël Confiant sur la Martiniquaise Stéphanie St-Clair, reine de la pègre de Harlem, sort ce jeudi (Stéphanie St-Clair, born 1886 in Martinique; emigrated to New York in 1912 via Marseille, France; she was called "Madame Queen" or "Queenie" and ran the illegal lottery in Harlem; she died in 1969) Blackpast.org WWW, 21 Sept. 2015: Gender : Women : St. Clair, Stephanie, 1886-1969 (Stephanie St. Clair, born 1886 in Martinique; came to the United States via Marseille, France in 1912; she was known for her deep involvment in the gangster underworld; she was known as "Madame St. Clair" in Harlem; in the rest of New York City she was referred to as "Queenie" ; she died in Harlem in 1969)