Betty Jean O'Hara was a famed prostitute in Honolulu's "vice district" during World War II.
11 Facts About Jean O'Hara
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When O'Hara was 17, she went to a party and met another girl who was sporting expensive jewelry.
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Police records show that between 1934 and 1938 Jean O'Hara had been arrested for prostitution three times.
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Jean O'Hara was probably working in a high-class brothel in San Francisco when she was recruited to work in Honolulu.
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Jean O'Hara decided to live outside the red-light district and rented a house near Waikiki Beach with her friend Betty.
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On her return to Honolulu, Jean O'Hara was beaten up by the police and charged with assault and battery on a police office by the officer concerned.
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Jean O'Hara filed a case against the policeman and the chief of police.
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People were keen to sell their property and Jean O'Hara bought up several properties which subsequently made her very wealthy.
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Jean O'Hara started working from the luxury Moana Hotel with two other women.
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In 1944 Jean O'Hara was charged with trying to murder the husband of a fellow prostitute.
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In 1944, Jean O'Hara's published her memoirs as My Life as a Honolulu Prostitute.