Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe as Scheherazade. Image from National Portrait Gallery Mary Goelet was born on October 6, 1878 in New York City, U.S.A., the…

Born on October 27, 1857 in New York City, New York, U.S.A., Frances Ellen Work was the daughter of renowned stockbroker Franklin H. Work—a self-made …

During the Gilded Age, Winnaretta Singer emerged as one of the most colorful and interesting million-dollar princesses not only because of her imm…

Consuelo Vanderbilt with her son by Boldini. Image from Wikimedia Commons Consuelo Vanderbilt was born on March 2, 1877 in New York. She was the only…

Nonie May Stewart was born on January 20, 1878 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States, the daughter of a wealthy merchant named William Charles Stewart and…

1. Jennie Jerome was born on January 9th 1854, second of the four daughters of American financier Leonard Jerome and his wife, a landowner’s daughter named …

New York in the Gilded Age, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston and Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt at a Coaching Club event, c1890. “In my opinion, four generations …