Alva Belmont, then WK Vanderbilt’s wife, costumed for a fancy dress ball which she gave in March of 1883.Bettmann/Getty Images Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married ...

Gloria Vanderbilt was considered the last daughter of the America's Gilded Age. The heir to the Vanderbilt railroad fortune, she spent most of her life in the public eye, sometimes to her chagrin.

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Anderson Cooper has always been content making his own money. The 52-year-old journalist's mother, artist and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, died on Monday after a battle with stomach cancer. But although ...

Gloria Vanderbilt was considered the last daughter of the great Golden Age of America. The heir to the Vanderbilt railroad fortune, she spent most of her life in the public eye, sometimes to her ...

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. She built palatial residences on "Millionaires' Row" in New York and in Newport, Rhode Island. In ...