The remarkable rise of Eliza Jumel
Businesswomen, biography
Politicians' spouses
French Americans
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Socialites
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
New york (n.y.), biography
Businesswomen
Married women
Women, united states, biography
Family
Families
Biography
History
"Born Betsy Bowen into grinding poverty, the woman who became Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Yet by the end of her life, "Madame Jumel" was one of America's richest women, with servants of her own, a New York man…
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