New Jersey's "Dollar Princesses"
Channel: Monmouth County Historical Association
Date: 2023-01-23

Late-19th century advances in American industrialization created a sect of "new money" families in society; while these lucky few had wealth beyond belief, they could not compete with the social standing and pedigree of the more established "old money" families. To remedy this, daughters from the American nouveau riche traded wealth for titles as they married into the nobility of Europe...particularly those families who were experiencing a shortfall of cash.

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