New Orleans, 1897. Mary Deubler makes a meager living on Venus Alley, the illegal red light district. That all changes when bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story forces the creation of a legalized district of vice. Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madam Josie Arlington. Filled with historical details Madam is a romp through The Big Easy and the tale of a woman's rise to influence and infamy in a world ruled by men.