31 outubro 2016

One of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens in the late 1800s was a madame. In the old-fashioned...

One of Seattle’s wealthiest citizens in the late 1800s was a madame. In the old-fashioned sense of the word. Lou Graham’s brothel made her so rich that she loaned money. She moved on from strictly flesh trade to become something of a wealthy landowner. She died in her forties of syphilis (yes, those stereotypes weren’t all wrong) and Graham’s estate had no heirs. So her fortune went to Seattle’s public school system.

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