New York Madam's Origin: Seduced and Ruined at 17

Before Jane Augusta Funk became Fanny White, one of 19th century New York's most successful courtesans, she was a bright, respectable teenager whose life was shattered by an older seducer's broken promise of marriage. In Victorian-era America, a "seduced and abandoned" woman was branded morally ruined and cast out of middle-class society, and that scandal may be what drove her to New York City. Discover the forgotten true story of how a fallen woman rose to rule the city's underworld. Click the related video below to watch the full documentary. #historyshorts #darkhistory #19thcenturyhistory #newyorkhistory #womeninhistory