This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Women With Youthful Husbands In Art And Society
A long survey notes women with younger husbands across eras and cultures, highlighting Margaret West Kinney and fellow artists who rehabbed Chicago’s Grand Opera House curtain, while tracing tales of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Lady Randolph Churchill, Mrs Langtry, and Mme Patt, and ending with fashion and social shifts from summer to winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custis
Evelyn Byra
Chicago
Margaret West-Kinney
Ler Siusband
Troy S. Kinney
Ernest St. John
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frontieroy
Manchester
United States
Burnett
Washington
Stéphen Townsend
Angel of Goodness
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
William Ash‘rhead-Bartlett
M. P
Westminster
Baroness
England
Margaret West&inney
Kinary
Peoria
Art Students’ League of New York
Paris
le Wavre
Fleury
Meiksonnier
Chicago Times-Herald
Lady Randolph Churchill
George Cornwallis-West
London
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lady Randolph
Langtry
Hugo de Bathe
Jersey
Major Langtry
Henry de Bathe
South Africa
Mme. Patt
Cedarstrom
Madrid
Marquis de Caux
Signor Nicolin
Baroni
Pate Ee See