Ever find a book character who shares your first AND last name? That is the whole reason we’re reading today’s book, A BORN ARISTOCRAT by Matthew White (1898)! In this penultimate episode of Season 1 of The Gibson Girl Review, Amy and Katja revisit the world of Gilded Age theatrical life and bust even more modern myths about the history of this time period. Plus, it’s the history segment you’ve been waiting for all season—the story of how Charles Dana Gibson met his real-life Gibson Girl!
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, Irene Gibson, Richard Harding Davis, Her First Appearance, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, Google, Delmonico’s, Ward McAllister, the Patriarch’s Ball, theatrical life, acting, Little Women, Poor Dear Theodora!, Knickerbockers, New York, the Four Hundred, poverty, children’s rights, love triangles, integrity, and skirts versus trousers.