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=== Madame Lou Graham and Seattle's "Seamstresses" (1890s-1900s) === | === Madame Lou Graham and Seattle's "Seamstresses" (1890s-1900s) === | ||
Madame 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 == | == Sources == | ||
# Secretary of State, [https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/E906DD85C047AB466162ADD255102124 "King County Auditor, Death Records, 1891-1907"] | |||
# Libbie Hawker, "Madam" (2018) Historical Note And Acknowledgements | |||
# Photo courtesy of Paul Dorpat and HistoryLink.org [https://www.historylink.org/File/2762 "Madame Lou Graham arrives in Seattle in February 1888."] | # 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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Seattle History
Madame Lou Graham and Seattle's "Seamstresses" (1890s-1900s)
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".
Sources
- Secretary of State, "King County Auditor, Death Records, 1891-1907"
- Libbie Hawker, "Madam" (2018) Historical Note And Acknowledgements
- Photo courtesy of Paul Dorpat and HistoryLink.org "Madame Lou Graham arrives in Seattle in February 1888."
