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In this last of our current trio of American Girls, we explore the life of Consuelo Vanderbilt - who has no choice but to marry into titled folks.
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Further Reading:
The Glitter and the Gold, by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (Amazon.com)
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York, by Anne de Courcy (Amazon.com)
To Marry an English Lord: Victorian and Edwardian Experience, by Gail MacColl and Carol Wallace (Amazon.com)
The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau: Husband Hunting in the Gilded Age, by Julie Ferry (Amazon.com)
‘Consuelo and Alva’: An Early Story of Celebrity (npr.org)
The Bed Hopping Bride of Blenheim (dailymail.co.uk)
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