
The Real Mrs. Astor: Ruler or Rebel?
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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Do You Think She Was a Ruler or a Rebel?
Behind that imperious, grand facade was a very insecure woman. And we'll be going back to her child hood in looking at her marriage. Some of those cracks actually began then. They began absolutely in 18 53, when she married the man she really didn't want to marry,. When you hear the title of the show, ruler or rebel? What do you think of that? Do you think she was either of those, or both, or neither? She certainly was a ruler because she almost single didly created that high society that you just described. But as far as a rebel, she was not so much a rebel, since she very, very much emulated everything european
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