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When Alva Vanderbilt filed for divorce in 1895 she got to keep her palace on Fifth Avenue and her summer cottage in Newport — but not her cherished place in New York society.
Yet the mother of three had an ace up her sleeve; a way to not simply regain her standing, but to improve it.
#GildedAge #DollarPrincesses #Vanderbilt #HistoricalDrama #Scandal
