Read complete books and articles on: Hetty Green
Green, Hetty - 1835–1916, American financier, b. Henrietta Howland Robinson, New Bedford, Mass. She inherited a large fortune from her father and invested it so shrewdly that she was considered the greatest woman financier in the world. Extremely miserly during her lifetime, the "Witch of Wall Street" left an estate valued at $100–200 million. See biography by B |
5 of the Best Books and Articles on: Hetty Green
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Men of Wealth: The Story of Twelve Significant Fortunes from the Renaissance to the Present Day (Includes Hetty Green) » Read Nowby John T. Flynn. 531 pgs.
Collections: History, Entire Library...Rail King 178 VI. HETTY GREEN: The Miser 215...Mark Hanna and not Carnegie, Hetty Green but not Jay Cooke or Jay Gould...Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Hetty Green. In fact...
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American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government » Read Nowby Judith A. Leavitt. 322 pgs.
Collections: Education, Entire Library"While biographical information on many of the women is readily available in other sources, this is a handy compilation, especially for identifying material on contemporary women administrators. It would be appropriate in larger public libraries and academic libraries, especially those that focus on women's studies." Library Journal
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My First Eighty-Three Years in America: The Memoirs of James W. Gerard (Mentions Hetty Green) » Read Nowby James W. Gerard. 374 pgs.
Collections: History, Entire Library...legal interests of the celebrated Hetty Green, that super-rich woman, who, because...charming daughter, Sylvia. Mrs. Green was not stingy, as the reporters...Livingston...
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The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind » Read Nowby H. G. Wells. 454 pgs.
Collections: Entire Library...Acquisition or Attempted Acquisition of Wealth . Hetty Green as an Un creative Accumulator . The Landgrave of Hesse...changed, grew hotter and colder, snowy or rainy, sere...
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Winslow Homer, American Artist: His World and His Work (Painter of Hetty Green) » Read Nowby Albert Ten Eyck Gardner. 248 pgs.
Collections: Entire Library...Mountains 104 Variations in Flesh-Color and Green: The Balcony Whistler 105 Morning Glories...Children Playing under a Gloucester Wharf 143 The Green Dory 143 Horner in His...
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