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The American Heiress Who Wrote to a Nun
Three weeks before the perfect Gilded Age marriage, Alberta Sturges wrote a letter that gives the whole game away.
Jul 5
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Julie Montagu
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America’s First Self-Made Female Millionaire? Separating Myth from Reality
Let’s meet the self-made Queen of the hair-care scene.
Jul 2
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Julie Montagu
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June 2026
More Than Heiresses: The Women Who Transformed Their Own Fortunes
The women who made money, not just marriages.
Jun 25
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Julie Montagu
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Watch: What did Gilded Age women know about sex?
Hint: surprisingly little
Jun 23
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Julie Montagu
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10:22
Side-Saddle and High Society: Heiresses on Horseback
To elite women of the day, equine pursuits were more than just horseplay…
Jun 18
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Julie Montagu
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Inside Queen Elizabeth II's Wardrobe
A morning at the King's Gallery, a very long queue, and the most beautiful clothes I have ever seen in my life
Jun 14
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Julie Montagu
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Gossip, guidance, and Gilded Age girlfriends
The Original Group Chats: Friendship Among the Gilded Elite
Jun 12
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Julie Montagu
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Forbidden Romance in the Gilded Age
The High Price of Loving the Wrong Person
Jun 9
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Julie Montagu
24
1
10:54
The American Heiress Who Wasn't Sure She Could Love... Until the Morning After Her Wedding
Alberta Montagu’s honeymoon letters, July–August 1905
Jun 7
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Julie Montagu
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Queen Victoria: The Monarch at the Centre of a Changing World
The Widow, the Queen, and the Empire.
Jun 4
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Julie Montagu
46
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May 2026
When King Edward VII Died... in Japan
Alberta Montagu in Japan, May 1910—the hotel, the shrine, and the telegram that changed everything
May 31
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Julie Montagu
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The Four-Legged Companions of the Gilded Age
If this is a dog’s life, sign me up.
May 28
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Julie Montagu
40
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