No, Seattle's most notorious brothel madam was not a Gilded Age Girl Boss
We know a few things about the woman known as Lou Graham, for sure:
She was a brothel madam in Seattle at the turn of the century. And she’s immortalized in one of the city’s popular ghost tours.
Maybe you’ve even felt her spiritual presence while passing through tunnels underneath Pioneer Square.
Beyond that, facts are sparse. But plenty of legends about Graham’s life and impact on Seattle are served up to tourists and YouTube viewers who care to search her name.
From Geographics: “Technically sex work was illegal, so Graham made sure to have the ladies registered as “seamstresses” on the…
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