The Gilded Age Heiress Who Refused to Marry Royalty
…no matter how hard her mom tried to change her mind.
9 min readAug 20, 2020
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, American “dollar princesses” stormed the European marriage market. They were the wealthy daughters of American millionaires, often looking for prestigious titles — convenient, since the owners of said prestigious titles were often looking for cash…