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1 online resource |
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The first biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslieâa titan of publishing and an unsung hero of womenâs suffrageâconnecting Gilded Age opulence with present-day social justice Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeâCarnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbiltâis a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For 20 years she ran the countryâs largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Enterprises, which chronicled the postbellum United States in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets which she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both before and after her death, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth. At the end, Leslie, a staunch royalist and member of the ultra-elite, willed her multimillion-dollar estate to womenâs suffrage, providing enough funding to guarantee the passage of the 19th Amendment. A dazzling biography, Diamonds & Deadlines reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen âEmpress of Journalismâ who presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Abrams Press, 2022. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 5 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB). |
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Nonfiction. |
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Biography & Autobiography. |
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Electronic books.
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Original 9781468314502 |
| ISBN |
9781468314519 (electronic bk) |
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