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The Grandes Dames: The wonderfully uninhibited ladies who used their wealth & position to create American culture in their own images-fro BISAC-FIC027220 most recently INVICTUSAstor. Rockefeller. McCormick. Belmont. All family names that still adorn buildings, streets and charity foundations. While the men blazed across America with their oil, industry, and railways, the matriarchs founded art museums, opera houses, and symphony houses that functioned almost as private clubs. These women ruled American society with a style and impact that make today's socialites seem pale reflections of their forbears. Linked by money,