Nexus:Evelyn Nesbit

Nexus: Evelyn Nesbit

"Woman: the Eternal Question, 1901"

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She was a model for Charles Dana Gibson's "Woman: the Eternal Question, 1901"
She personified the Gibson Girl
she was one of the most photographed people of her time
At age of 16, she was drugged and raped by Stanford White
She married a deranged and jealous Harry Kendall Thaw
On June 25, 1906, Stanford White was attending a musical show at Madison Square Garden
Thaw approached White and shot him - White was hit in the face and died instantly
Only one week after the murder, a nickelodeon film, "Rooftop Murder", was released, rushed into production by Thomas Edison.
The shooting was the basis for the film "Ragtime" with James Cagney and Elizabeth McGovern
The ensuing trial became known as the "The Trial of the Century" (see Stanford White for more information)
Thaw, being a multi-millionaire, was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
In 1916, Thaw was charged with the kidnapping, beating, and sexual assault of nineteen-year-old Frederick Gump
Thaw died of a heart attack in Miami, Florida, on February 22, 1947