Archive - Gilded Heiresses

The Night a Twelve-Year-Old American Heiress Watched Joan of Arc Burn

From the unpublished diaries of Alberta Sturges, Paris, January 1890

Apr 5 • Julie Montagu

Gilded Age Deep Dive: Edith Wharton and The World of The Buccaneers

Insider. Observer. Critic… Dog lover.

Apr 2 • Julie Montagu

March 2026

The Gilded Age’s Real Life Cinderella Story

A Cuban Cinderella in a Manchester manor

Mar 26 • Julie Montagu

Watch: Affairs, Fortunes and Fallen Reputations in the Gilded Age

Watch now | The darker side of the Gilded Age

Mar 25 • Julie Montagu

9:04

The Second Wind of Widowhood

Black silk and second chances…

Mar 19 • Julie Montagu

Famous Tiaras of the Gilded Heiresses

And a major announcement

Mar 17 • Julie Montagu

“Oh Margot, Pray for Me”

Alberta Sturges, a 'Dollar Princess' on Love, Marriage, and the Fear of Not Being Worthy

Mar 15 • Julie Montagu

5:16

Prize or Prison? Mistresses in the Gilded Age

The original situationships of high society.

Mar 12 • Julie Montagu

The Pushy Mama: The Woman Behind the Dollar Princess

From Betty Sturges to Alva Vanderbilt, the ambitious mothers who shaped the Gilded Age marriage market.

Mar 8 • Julie Montagu

Celebrating Bridgerton Season 4: What Did Gilded Age Women Know About Sex?

Polite society, impolite questions.

Mar 5 • Julie Montagu

At the Archive Table with Julie Montagu

A recording from Julie Montagu's live video

Mar 1 • Julie Montagu

50:36

Going LIVE today at 5pm UK / Noon EST

At the Archive Table

Mar 1 • Julie Montagu

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