Marriage as a Chicago debutante into the Marshall Field department store dynasty, affluent widowhood at a young age, European grand tours, "summer cottage" life on the Maine coast, marriage to novelist Thomas Nelson Page, membership in Washington social and political circles, service as th...

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Main Author:	Funigiello, Philip J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville u.a. Univ. Press of Virginia 1994
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Page, Florence Lathrop <1858-1921> Page, Florence L. > 1858-1921 Ambassadors' spouses > United States > Biography Authors' spouses > United States > Biography USA Biografie
Summary:	Marriage as a Chicago debutante into the Marshall Field department store dynasty, affluent widowhood at a young age, European grand tours, "summer cottage" life on the Maine coast, marriage to novelist Thomas Nelson Page, membership in Washington social and political circles, service as the wife of the ambassador to Italy at the time of World War I - Florence Lathrop Page (1858-1921) was an active figure in many worlds throughout her life Her life story provides an opportunity for exploring larger historical questions of class, gender, and social milieu. It contributes to our knowledge of the influence of women in a social order which celebrated the achievements of men. Although she was self-effacing and "a paradigm of good manners" (virtues much admired by her second husband, Thomas Nelson Page), premature widowhood and economic emancipation brought out the decisive, capable, and independent aspects of her personality Economic independence allowed her to evade the constrictions of her gender and class without overtly challenging them
Physical Description:	IX, 310 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0813914892