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emma_in_dreamBy the 1870s Henry Ward Beecher was embroiled in public accusations that he preached weekly to 7 or 8 of his lovers, a court case for criminal conversation, and was reduced to denouncing as mad his sister Isabella Beecher Hooker (who took the ladies' side).
Interestingly, he was publicly opposed by Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of America and free love advocate. She was a fascinating woman, who used her contacts in the demi-monde to get information from prominent business men which she then used to play the stock market and to convince Vanderbilt she was a business psychic. I totally think this would be a viable business model today - a high class escort could use the information dropped by Wall Street players to invest.
Interestingly, he was publicly opposed by Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of America and free love advocate. She was a fascinating woman, who used her contacts in the demi-monde to get information from prominent business men which she then used to play the stock market and to convince Vanderbilt she was a business psychic. I totally think this would be a viable business model today - a high class escort could use the information dropped by Wall Street players to invest.
