The Real Mrs. Astor
Join historian Tom Miller of Daytonian in Manhattan for an insightful look at just who Caroline Astor really was. Aside from her very public role as self-imposed leader of New York’s Gilded Age society, she was also a wife and mother. In this show, Tom and I discuss just what her reality likely was in her roles other than grande dame at her famous balls.
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