num_pages: 232
description: The life and times of Irene Langhorne Gibson, in her youth the turn-of-the-century Original Gibson Girl, and in her maturity a political and social activist.Her story begins in the poverty of the post-Civil War South, carries through her fame as a Southern belle, and on to her marriage to the noted illustrator, Charles Dana Gibson. When the blush of youth passed, she turned her energies to national Democratic Party Politics, and to a wide array of charitable causes. The book describes the tulmultous dynamics of the Langhorne family, describing not only Irene's life, but those of her beautiful sisters, one of whom, Nancy, married Waldorf Astor and became the first woman to sit in Great Britain's House of Commons.
language: English
title: The Gibson Girl: Portrait of a Southern Belle
titlecomplete: The Gibson Girl: Portrait of a Southern Belle
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Commodore Press