Professor Coolbreeze: Do you happen to have a citation or link to a news story at hand? I'd love to incorporate that into a lecture.

Today in there’s nothing new under the sun: In 1903 a white hotel worker became a right wing celebrity for being fired after refusing to make booker t washington’s bed because he was black and a bunch of people around the country raised thousands of dollars on her behalf

Do you happen to have a citation or link to a news story at hand? I'd love to incorporate that into a lecture.

Her name is Louise Hadley, if you have access to a database it will be easy to find

Awesome! Thanks!

Hmmm...

Forgot to note... from The News and Advance, Lynchburg, Virginia, Sunday, 5 July 1903

From The Springfield (Missouri) Leader, Friday, 19 June 1903...

If this is true the historical resonance of the story as a model for modern grifting is even stronger

Exactly right

I found dozens and dozens of articles about the supposed incident from May of 1903, but this is the only one I've found so far that suggested it was a hoax.

from a footnote in the BTW papers, v 7, p 175

I am wondering what position was "much more menial" than a chambermaid. Dishwasher?

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Murder of Carol Stuart - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Louise the Plumber

A tale as old as time

"a much more menial capacity" 🤔

This is so … extremely probable

So she was a right wing grifter lol.

So, even more to the point?

Oh shit……

Ok…..her full name was Lulu Spencer Wood Hadley (maybe a few more). She was from Anna, Illinois, a well documented sundown town. The town’s name, Anna, is an acronym for a racist threat.

This does not seem accessible (vintage newspapers scanned in by state gov't), but the Indianapolis Recorder, June 20, 1903, has it on page 1: Chambermaid Loses Suit (Hadley had sued the hotel for $5000, and the Washington incident is mentioned.) newspapers.library.in.gov?a=d&d=INR190...

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