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Heiresses Grow Younger and Older in New York Society
Helen Worden notes a shift in heiress candidates from older fortunes to very young prospects and a few mature socialites. She details Doris Duke’s marriage to Jimmie Cromwell and profiles of families like Baker, Woolworth, Duke, Biddle, and Vanderbilt, tracing generations and wealth across New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Chicago. The piece surveys alimony cases and royal connections while lampooning the era’s “million-dollar girl” culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Worden
NEA Service, Inc
New York
Doris Duke
Tobacco Kingdom
Jimmie Cromwell
Florence Baker
George F. Baker
Tommie Taller
T. Suffern Tailer
Newport
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Helen McCann
Winston Guest
Beir
Henry Carnegie
Mr. Guest
Diana
Miss
Phipps
Guest
Marc Sevastopoulo
Louise Morgan
Mary Biddle
Doris Duke Cromwell
Miss Baker
Margaret Emerson
Mrs. Emerson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Raymond T. Baker
Charles Amory
Benjamin Duke
Doris
Miss Biddle
Anthony Biddle
Mary Duke Biddle
Angier
Upper
Fifth Avenue
The
Hudson
Fortune
Hazel Forbes Richmond
Atage
Society
Philadelphia
Gloria Baker
Ethel DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Katrina McCormick
Mllnois
Narcissa Swift
Chicago
Emerson
Biddie
Marshall Field
James Field
Anita de Braganca
William Rhinelander Stewart
Prince Miguel de Braganca
Portugal
Dodge Sloane
Fair Vanderbilt
Consuelo Vanderbilt Smith
Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
Moses Taylor
James Corrigan
Gold Kingdom
Sloane
Dodge
Cavalcade
Brookmeade- Dodge-Sloane