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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Tragedy of Annie Scheffner
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:47
	Publish Date:		2019-02-06 05:00:00
	Description:		This week on A Northwoods Moment in History , Gary Entz tells us about the tragedy of Annie Scheffner. The early history of the Northwoods is filled with tales of bawdy houses and colorful stories of visits that are often told with a wink and a nod. Because this sort of business was illegal and masked in shame and public condemnation few records were kept of who visited and who worked in these places, and most of the women in these houses lived in anonymity and are among history’s forgotten people. Part of popular culture likes to romanticize the women who endured this sort of life and think that they eventually found a husband or earned enough cash to move on to a different place for a fresh start. Rarely was this the case, and the story of Annie Scheffner illustrates what the fate of some of these women really was. Bordellos have been a part of the Northwoods backdrop for a long time, and in 1913 Annie Scheffner was one of the women working in one such Woodruff area establishment.
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