Lou Graham came to Seattle in 1888 with very little and managed to become the first successful business woman in Seattle. Very little is known about Lou Graham before she came to Seattle, but her contributions to the young city are still relevant today. She gave loans when banks couldn't and when she died she left a quarter million dollars to the public schools. She was born in the late 1860s and died at age 42 of syphilis. Lou Graham was the infamous madame who employed the women that drew wealthy business men from across the country to Seattle.
-Jerusha
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