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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.
Dec 1, 2020 · Chicago’s most famous social leader, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, died Aug. 25, 1932. More than 5,000 people gathered around her mansion at 1000 Lake Shore Drive to watch the start of her...
Edith Rockefeller McCormick. Cyrus and Nettie McCormick’s second son, Princeton-educated Harold, hit the matrimonial jackpot in 1895 when he married John D. Rockefeller’s daughter, Edith, uniting two of America’s great dynasties.
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.
Feb 2, 2022 · One of these is a woman named Edith Rockefeller McCormick, who lived from 1872 to 1932 and deserves, correctly writes the author of a new book about her life, that, “Had Edith been male, her life...
American socialite and opera patron. Born the 4th daughter of the Standard Oil tycoon, John D.Rockefeller, she showed from an early age she was a true original. She played the cello, and learned to speak several languages. At 23, she married Harold Fowler McCormick, heir to the McCormick fortune.
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Dec 27, 2019 · Edith Rockefeller McCormick at a costume ball in 1913. Her reign as a society leader in Chicago extended over many years. Still, it wasn’t their philanthropy that made Rockefeller McCormick and...
