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Gilded Heiresses

Julie Montagu, Gilded Age Fashion
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Exploring the real lives of American heiresses in the Gilded Age—the women who inspired HBO’s The Gilded Age.

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  • Julie Montagu

    Historian of the Gilded Age and its Gilded Heiresses and, somewhat unexpectedly, I'm now the 12th Countess of Sandwich. Exploring heritage and high society from both sides of the pond. Master's with Distinction in English Country House Studies.

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    Elizabeth L. Block, art and culture historian. Speaker. Author. Out now: GILDED AGE FASHION. Wrote DRESSING UP and BEYOND VANITY. History.

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