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Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis). This is a non-exhaustive list of some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European titled nobility, peerage, or royalty.
In antebellum New York City, the social elite was still a small enough group that no formal method of tracking individuals was necessary. [1] With the advent of the Gilded Age, fashionable ladies began the practice of leaving calling cards at the homes of other notable women whom they visited. These cards would be cataloged into "visiting lists ...
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In 2009, the Museum of the City of New York compiled its own list, entitled "The New York City 400", of the 400 "movers and shakers" who made a difference in the 400 years of New York City history since Henry Hudson arrived in 1609. McAllister was "the only person on the original Four Hundred to also make the museum's list." [22]
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor (September 22, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. [1] Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr.
Ida Mayfield Wood (born Ellen Walsh; 14 January 1838 – 12 March 1932) was a British-American socialite who was the third wife of politician and newspaper publisher Benjamin Wood.
Exclusive: New York socialite Libbie Mugrabi says she is being extorted over a Jean-Michel Basquiat masterpiece worth $30 million.
20th-century establishments in New York City (10 C, 5 P) 0–9. 1900s in New York City (14 C, 2 P) 1910s in New York City (15 C, 3 P) 1920s in New York City (17 C, 6 P)