Heiresses

Gilded Gossip: An American Heiress on Consuelo Vanderbilt’s Scandal

This month’s first audio letter comes from November 30th, 1906 — and it's a gem.

Sep 9 •

Gilded Age Spotlight: Ward McAllister

If your name wasn’t on the list, blame Ward.

Sep 8 •

Our First Gilded Heiresses LIVE Is Happening — Today!

Sep 7 •

Accidentally just made a MASSIVE Gilded Age discovery!

And you're the first to know!

Sep 5 •

3:36

Paris in a Day: Couture, Croissants, and a Family Mystery

A 5 a.m. dash to Paris for the House of Worth exhibition, and the discovery that Alberta’s missing gown might still be waiting in the Mapperton trunks.

Sep 4 •

The 400 Has Arrived!

Official Launch of Gilded Heiresses

Sep 1 •

Meet the American Heiresses of the Gilded Age:

Nancy Langhorne, Mary Leiter, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and Jennie Jerome

Aug 22 •

American Heiress of the Gilded Age:

Who Was Alberta Sturges?

Aug 19 •

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