#25
Chicago’s Bertha Palmer: More than Mrs. Astor
Bertha Palmer was the wife of Potter Palmer whose famous Chicago hotel, the Palmer House, was one of the grandest of the Gilded Age. Bertha has…
Episodes
#24
Where Thrushes Sing and Dreams are Dreamt: The Gardens of Beatrix Farrand
Beatrix Farrand, Edith Wharton's niece, was born during New York's Gilded Age and went on to become the first successful female landscape designer of the early…
#23
Beneath the Gold: The Gilded Age with Tom Meyers of The Bowery Boys
Julian Fellowes' new series on HBO "The Gilded Age" fascinated viewers with its complex plotlines and endlessly entertaining characters, some of whom were based on actual historical…
#20
Creating Drama with Edith Wharton, Henry James and Jennie Jerome
Edith Wharton's novels were full of drama of course but so were moments from her own life. Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Winston…
#18
Victory and Apollo: Black Artists Models Hettie Anderson and Thomas McKeller
Gazing up at the dramatic gilded statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman being led into battle by the allegorical figure of Victory in New York's Grand Army…
#17
Mary Rogers Williams: The Rediscovered Life Of A Gilded Age Impressionist
Eve Kahn, independent scholar and author, calls Mary Rogers Williams "the Mary Cassatt you never heard of". While Cassatt and Rogers lives differed and they likely never met, the rediscovered…
#14
A Sprig of Witch Hazel: Edith Wharton’s Secret Affair
As writer Edith Wharton began to spend more and more time in Paris during the early years of the 1900s, she made the acquaintance of the American…
#12
Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt
The fight for social dominance and acceptance was a battle fought by many Gilded Age wives along with their financial warrior husbands. One of the most famous was…
#10
Invisible Magicians: Domestic Servants in Gilded Age New York
Join The Gilded Gentleman and Esther Crain, author of The Gilded Age in New York 1870-1914 for a look below stairs! In this show, we’ll take a look…
#9
The Education of a Snob: Ward Mcallister’s American Aristocracy
The famous Mrs. Astor was credited with building and shaping the Gilded Age elite. At her side and combining forces with her to create “the 400” was…
#6
The Gilded Page: A Conversation with NYT Bestselling Author Carol Wallace
"Carol Wallace, New York Times bestselling author, discusses her just-published novel of the Gilded Age, "Our Kind of People" as well as shares insights on her…
#3
The Real Mrs. Astor: Ruler or Rebel?
Historian Tom Miller joins The Gilded Gentleman for a discussion about who Caroline Astor really was. Carl is joined by special guest: Tom Miller, author of the Daytonian in…