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1. Mary Ball Washington. America's Grandmother, Mary Ball Washington, as the mother of the first U.S. president, George Washington, could give any modern-day Tiger Mom a run for her money with her ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. [1] [2] After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into leadership positions in the inland water trade and invested in the rapidly growing railroad industry, effectively transforming the geography of the ...
Director was commissioned by Cornelius Vanderbilt. She was built by Jeremiah Simonson at his shipyard in New York. Simonson was Vanderbilt's nephew, having been born to his sister, Mary Polly Vanderbilt. [1] Director was 80 feet (24 m) long, with a beam of 20 feet (6.1 m) and a draft of 4.5 feet (1.4 m). She displaced 65 tons.
The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford. It tells how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total ...
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874), who died of a childhood illness at the age of five. William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892), who died of typhoid fever while attending Yale University. Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), whom his father disinherited for marrying Grace Graham Wilson (1870–1953) without his approval. [6]
She was the daughter, and only child, [5] of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). [6] Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa (née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore ...
The 7 most misunderstood 'bad' moms in TV and movie history. ... “We rarely say men are terrible fathers when they, for example, work 80 hours a week, whereas the same mothers might be called ...
The lawyer accused the group of "collaboration with the Vanderbilt family" to try to stop the visitor center "at any cost." The Preservation Society's leadership declined an interview request.