Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in ...

Alva Erskine Smith did it in 1875 by marrying William Kissam Vanderbilt, who was vastly expanding his father’s fortune. Arabella’s unforgivable early offense was not financial but sexual.

When Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband in 1895, she survived the scandal and kept Marble House and custody of their three children, Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling.

According to Vogue, the fictional Bertha Russell in “The Gilded Age” is based on Alva Vanderbilt, wife of millionaire ...

Individual employers are expected to act in patriotic spirit, like Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt who last week signed the President’s blanket code with sole reference to her domestic staff.— ...

The Columbia Chamber has announced that it will honor Dominion Energy South Carolina President Keller Kissam as its 2024 ...

Alva Erskine Smith did it in 1875 by marrying William Kissam Vanderbilt, who was vastly expanding his father’s fortune. Arabella’s unforgivable early offense was not financial but sexual.

When Alva Vanderbilt divorced her husband in 1895, she survived the scandal and kept Marble House and custody of their three children, Consuelo, William Kissam Jr., and Harold Stirling. She then ...