 She became one of the city's wealthiest citizens before dying in her forties.Graham arrived in Seattle in 1888; the city, barely three decades old, was at the tail end of a period (from November 23, 1883 until a series of court decisions in 1887–1888) in which women's suffrage had led to a triumph of "reform" politics there.Monied interests were voted out of political office, liquor licenses revoked, brothels closed and relevant laws strictly enforced.