#103 Hetty Green (The Richest Woman in America)

A passer by might say she looked as poor as a church mouse. But her clothes were merely a costume to conceal her incredible wealth. Hetty Green was the richest woman in America. She was the smartest woman on Wall Street. A financial genius.

A railroad magnet. A real estate mogul A Gilded Era Renegade. I've had fights with some of the greatest financial men in the country, she said. Did you ever hear of any of them getting ahead of Hetty Green?

The public resented the somberness of her clothing, the plainness of her diet, the austerity of her home. But Hetty Green refused to yield to the role of Gilded Age socialite. Indeed, She refused to comply with any stereotype. Defiantly independent.

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