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The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age

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A captivating biography of America's first female tycoon, Hetty Green, the iconoclast who forged one of the greatest fortunes of her time. No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green. At the time of her death in 1916, she was worth at least 100 million dollars, equal to more than 2 billion dollars today. A strong believer in women being financially independent, she offered valuable lessons for the present times. Abandoned at birth by her neurotic mother, scorned by her misogynist father, Hetty set out as a child to prove her value. Following the simple rules of her wealthy Quaker father, she successfully invested her money and along the way proved to herself that she was wealthy and therefore worthy. Never losing faith in America's potential, she ignored the herd mentality and took advantage of financial panics and crises. When everyone else was selling, she bought railroads, real estate, and government bonds. And when everyone...
Request Code : ZLIB.IO18454673
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Year:
2022
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language:
English
ISBN 10:
0385531982
ISBN 13:
9780385531986
ISBN:
3520123320, 9783520123329, 9780385531986, 0385531982

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