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Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 – August 25, 1932) was an American socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. She and her husband Harold Fowler McCormick were prominent in Chicago society, supporting many causes, including the city's first opera company.
Feb 2, 2022 · Entertainment. Edith Rockefeller McCormick was one of the city’s most important if overlooked figures — a woman who helped shape Chicago. Show Caption. of. By Rick Kogan |...
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A prominent socialite and one of Chicago’s wealthiest women, Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872-1932), became a real estate developer in the 1920s. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of oil magnate, J.D. Rockefeller, and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
Dec 1, 2020 · PUBLISHED: December 1, 2020 at 2:39 p.m. | UPDATED: December 1, 2020 at 8:25 p.m. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, the social leader of Chicago, at a costume ball in 1913. Her reign as a...
Edith Rockefeller McCormick was one of the most eccentric of America's art patrons in the early decades of the 20th century. Heiress to the Standard Oil fortune, for many years she ruled over Chicago society and gave lavishly to her city's cultural institutions.
At 23, she married the heir to the McCormick reaper fortune, Harold McCormick, and moved to Chicago. Rebelling against the frugality that so preoccupied Senior, Edith spent her money freely.
Born in 1872, Edith soon developed artistic and intellectual inclinations. She played the cello, learned to speak several languages, and was an avid reader of scholarly works. At 23, she married...
