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Catherine Murat, Princess Murat (née Catherine Daingerfield Willis) This is a non-exhaustive list of some American socialites, so called American dollar princesses, from before the Gilded Age to the end of the 20th century, who married into the European titled nobility, peerage, or royalty. The titles in this list are all mentioned or ...
Dollar princesses (sometimes known as "dollar duchesses") were wealthy American women of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who married into titled European families, exchanging wealth for prestige. They were often the daughters of nouveau riche industrialists whose families wanted to gain social standing. The term was also used ...
Princess Caroline Lee Radziwiłł Southampton, New York: Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł: Poland: March 19, 1959 – 1974 (divorce) [25] [26] [27] Howard Oxenberg New York City, New York: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia: January 21, 1961 – 1966 (divorce) [32] [33] Hope Cooke: Queen of Sikkim San Francisco, California: King ...
Lyda Conley (Wyandot, 1874–1946), first Native American female attorney, and first Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Wyandot Nation activist and attorney; Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Sioux poet and novelist; Hilda Coriz, Kewa Pueblo potter; Cuhtahlatah, 18th-century Cherokee heroine
Hinojosa, a Mexican-American journalist, is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She helped launch Latino USA in 1992 and has also worked ...
Pop princesses Two of the biggest pop stars of the last 15 years could be recognised in the best supporting actress category. Ariana Grande is a dead-cert for her performance in Wicked as Glinda ...
Cooke was born in San Francisco to John J. Cooke, a flight instructor, and Hope Noyes, an amateur pilot. She was raised in the Episcopal Church. [7] Her mother, Hope Noyes, died in January 1942 at age 25 when the plane she was flying solo crashed.
Linda Larkin, a.k.a. Aladdin's Princess Jasmine, went with the nostalgic pick. “I might answer you differently on a different day, but Winnie-the-Pooh," she said. "That was my childhood favorite ...