Mitzie Diviny was originally a woman of middle-class status. Having grown up in a good home with her parents, Arthur and Agnes, Mitzie had a fairly typical childhood. She learned to sew and cook and take care of herself and the house. She later found happiness and stability when she married her husband, Victor, at the age of twenty. Life stayed profitable and proved happy for the two. At least until Victor died in an accident while he was away on business, leaving Mitzie in possession of her late husband’s tavern. Without any other family member to take claim of the tavern, Mitzie has claimed ownership, something unheard of for a woman in the 1800s. Accompanied with the outrageous actions of claiming ownership, and the decline in business, Mitzie was faced with a steadily growing financial problem, leaving her more and more desperate for money. At the age of 32, her parents having passed away five years prior, and now widowed, she has little choice but to try and keep the tavern open as a source of income.
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