Bibliograph

Heiresses, the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson

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Heiresses, the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heiresses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1295617200

Responsibility statement

Laura Thompson

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

the lives of the million dollar babies

Summary

"Before the 20th century a wife's inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions. Heiresses tells the stories of these million dollar babies: Mary Davies, who inherited London's most valuable real estate, and was bartered from the age of twelve; Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American "Dollar Heiress", forced into a loveless marriage; Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress who married seven times and died almost penniless; and Patty Hearst, heiress to a newspaper fortune who was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of independence and achievement: Angela Burdett-Coutts, who became one of the greatest philanthropists of Victorian England; Nancy Cunard, who lived off her mother's fortune and became a pioneer of the civil rights movement; and Daisy Fellowes, elegant linchpin of interwar high society and noted fashion editor."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Unprotected -- American dreams -- New worlds -- Unprotected, revisited

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