Meandering Musings

I read an interesting book this year about American heiresses of the era, going into the society, etc. Martha being sort of crass might be spot on, depending on how and how recently the family came into money. Did it come from her side? Did she marry it? Was she a pretty young thing but not from the upper shelf?

And while, yes, the Vanderbilts and the Astors were proper types, many many of the Newport set were nouveau-riche.

By the way, the book is "To Marry an English Lord" by Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace.