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The young Edith Rockefeller. Whether it was a wedding gift from her father or not, the young couple lived in a 40-room Bedford limestone mansion at 1000 Lake Shore Dr. on grounds that extended the full block from Oak Street to Bellevue Place. 1000 Lake Shore Dr. Chicago residence for Edith Rockefeller McCormick—and for a time–Harold.
5. Dez. 2021 · Andrea Friederici Ross gives a glimpse into the familial side of Edith Rockefeller McCormick in this first part of a new video series by SIU Press. Ross' boo...
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Elizabeth (Bessie) Strong (born Rockefeller) was born on month day 1866, in birth place, Ohio, to John Davison Rockefeller and Laura Celestia Rockefeller (born Spelman). Elizabeth had 8 siblings: John Davidson Rockefeller, Alice Rockefeller and 6 other siblings. Elizabeth married Charles Augustus Strong on month day 1889, at age 22.
26. Sept. 2012 · Edith Rockefeller was the daughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D Rockefeller, and older sister of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Her relationship with her father was tempestuous at best, as her extravagance and exuberance were at odds with his own, frugal, abstemious ways. Edith married Harold Fowler McCormick, a son of mechanical reaper inventor ...
27. Aug. 2020 · Rejecting the limited gender role carved out for her by her father and society, Edith Rockefeller McCormick forged her own path, despite pushback from her family and ultimate financial ruin. Young Edith and her siblings had access to the best educators in the world, but the girls were not taught how to handle the family money; that responsibility was reserved for their younger brother.
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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6421. Source citation. American socialite and opera patron. Born the 4th daughter of the Standard Oil tycoon, John D.Rockefeller, she showed from an early age she was a true original. She played the cello, and learned to speak several languages. At 23, she married Harold Fowler McCormick, heir to the McCormick fortune.
That’s the good side of the coin for Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Born the daughter of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and married into the McCormick clan of reaper fame, she was once estimated to be the nation’s richest woman. But when she died, she was broke, agoraphobic, and alone. Hers was a roller-coaster life — the richest of highs ...
