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"Between 1870 and 1914, more than 100 wealthy American women married into Britain’s cash-strapped aristocracy, bringing new money—and new attitudes—to old titles.
Consuelo Vanderbilt, one of the most iconic dollar princesses, was pushed into marrying the Duke of Marlborough and cried through her wedding, later calling life at Blenheim Palace deeply unhappy. Watch a documentary about her.
Nancy Astor, the sharp-tongued daughter of a Virginian railway tycoon, made history as the first woman to sit in Parliament, where she famously clashed with Winston Churchill.
Daisy Leiter of Chicago, a glamorous heiress with a mind of her own, found a rare love match with the Earl of Suffolk and even became a helicopter pilot in her later years.
Cora Colgate, a Southern belle and toothpaste heiress, married Henry Byng, 4th Earl of Strafford, who died in a mysterious fall onto railway tracks just five months after their wedding."
Portrait of Cora Elizabeth Smith Colgate Kennard, briefly countess of Strafford
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