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Gilded Age Weddings: Something Old, Something New
Weddings in the Gilded Age were certainly grand affairs with sumptuous decorations, elegant surroundings, and gowns to rival even the most elaborate ball gowns of the period. …
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Then as now, sometimes a marriage encounters problems and the only alternative can be divorce. A divorce in the Gilded Age carried strong social stigma and could be far more socially destructive for a woman than for a man. In this…
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Battlefields to Ballrooms: How the Civil War Influenced the Gilded Age
Returning guest historian and author Connor Williams returns to The Gilded Gentleman table for an in-depth, insightful discussion of the Civil War's influence on the Gilded Age, an…
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Creating Victoria Woodhull: Gilded Age Presidential Candidate 1872
Victoria Woodhull was one of the Gilded Age's most challenging, revolutionary, outspoken, and certainly fascinating figures. Considered by some to be the first woman to run for…
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Beans and Brahmins: Boston in the Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was not limited to New York. While New York was unquestionably the center of financial and social power, other cities developed differently during the 19th…