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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 · 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...
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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.
Feb 2, 2022 · Edith Rockefeller McCormick with her husband Harold Fowler McCormick in an undated photo. The two divorced in 1921. This is a terrific biography, deeply researched and written with care and flair. ...
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.
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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.
