For this minicast, we discuss a madam far removed from Madame de Pompadour; another country, another time period, a different social class. However, both used similar tools to gain power and influence; both used brains in addition to body to make their marks, and both had ties to a title that they were not born to.
A sweet man named Donald sent us an email suggesting that we research this woman whose history he had become fascinated with many years ago while on a visit to our fair city.
Just a quick search and we were hooked. The family moved to Sullivan, Indiana when Annie was just a young girl so that Dad could operate a hotel. That day was when Abraham Lincoln was campaigning for the election and he came through Sullivan.
She made a decision and marched in that parade for Abraham Lincoln, and it changed her life. We talk about what happened in the podcast- her life as a teacher, and as a woman who married very much like many women did at the time. Her house was on the corner of 3rd and Wyandotte.
A tale of a Madam With a Heart of Gold who tried to treat her girls right. But she was a smart business woman who was always looking for ways to expand, always looking for the best for both her clients and her girls.
