Gilded Age New York was all about flaunting your money. And no one did it better than the first families of excess, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Part two is all about multi-hyphenate Alva Vanderbilt. Social climber, society leader, architect, suffragette. We will also take a look at her daughter Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. Tune in!

Photos

Vanderbilt Costume Ball of 1883:

https://www.antiquetrader.com/collecting-101/the-vanderbilt-ball-of-1883

Electric Light Dress:

https://theenchantedmanor.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Alice-Vanderbilt-dressed-as-the-Electric-Light-for-the-ball-3-26-1883.jpg

Consuelo Vanderbilt:

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/consuelo-vanderbilt-2.jpg

Nonfiction

Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mckenzie Stuart

Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper

Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt by The Gilded Gentelman Podcast

Edith Wharton’s New York by The Bowery Boys Podcast