Heiresses, the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
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Heiresses, the lives of the million dollar babies, Laura Thompson
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Heiresses
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large print
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bibliography
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Laura Thompson
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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 women: 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; Patty Hearst, heiress to a newspaper fortune who was arrested for terrorism. However, there are also stories of 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; 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
Target audience
adult
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Lives of the million dollar babiesMillion dollar babies
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