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Millicent Veronica Hearst (née Willson; July 16, 1882 – December 5, 1974), was the wife of media tycoon William Randolph Hearst.Willson was a vaudeville performer in New York City whom Hearst admired, and they married in 1903.
In her memoirs, Davies claimed that she and publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst began their sexual relationship when she was a teenage chorus girl. [27] Although they lived together for the next three decades in opulent homes across Southern California and Europe, [65] they never married, as Hearst's wife refused to grant him a divorce. [66]
Hearst was born on January 27, 1908, in Manhattan, New York City, to William Randolph Hearst and his wife, Millicent Willson. Hearst attended the University of California, Berkeley , and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Hearst was born in San Francisco to George Hearst on April 29, 1863, a millionaire mining engineer, owner of gold and other mines through his corporation, and his much younger wife Phoebe Apperson Hearst, from a small town in Missouri. The elder Hearst later entered politics.
The Hearst family is a wealthy American family based in California. Their fortune was originally earned in the mining industry during the late 19th century under the entrepreneurial leadership of George Hearst .
The abduction and subsequent trial of Hearst, then a 19-year-old college student and the granddaughter of wealthy newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was one of the most sensational and ...
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation continues to fund projects at Mount Vernon in her memory. [19] Hearst also donated money to the restoration of Pohick Church in Virginia, [20] and donated a pipe organ to St. Stephen's Church in California, where she was also a parishoner. [21] Hearst chose a "different way" than radical feminists. [22]
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Prince William and Prince Harry may still be taking space from one another, but when remembering ...