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| = Madame Lou Graham and Seattle's "Seamstresses" (1890s-1900s) =
| | #REDIRECT[[Madame Louise "Lou" Graham (1861-1903)]] |
| [[Madame Louise "Lou" Graham]] (1861-1903[1]) was a head seamstress at a business she opened located in Pioneer Square which is now only remembered as Lou Graham's Parlor. She would hire others who lived at the venue as seamstresses offering tailor services, a cover for sex workers at the time. Lou herself had a romantic relationship and partnership with another woman, Amber Delmas[2], and she hired, possibly, transgender women who would be requested by clients as "the lady in the black dress". | |
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| == Sources ==
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| # Secretary of State, [https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/E906DD85C047AB466162ADD255102124 "King County Auditor, Death Records, 1891-1907"]
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| # University of Washington, [https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ptleader/id/1261 "Port Townsend Daily Leader No. 219 (July 21, 1904)"]
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| # Libbie Hawker, "Madam" (2018) Historical Note And Acknowledgements
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| # Photo courtesy of Paul Dorpat and HistoryLink.org [https://www.historylink.org/File/2762 "Madame Lou Graham arrives in Seattle in February 1888."]
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 15 September 2021
