{"id":2936,"date":"2026-09-18T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/the-outrageous-woman-who-helped-shape-the-gilded-age\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:37:56","slug":"the-outrageous-woman-who-helped-shape-the-gilded-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/the-outrageous-woman-who-helped-shape-the-gilded-age\/","title":{"rendered":"The outrageous woman who helped shape the Gilded Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dev95-413202423\" class=\"dev95-- dev95-entity-placement\"><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl27862732.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\"><\/div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time,\" a veritable biography of the Gilded Age' class=\"wp-image-88143\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Twain satirized the period as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilded_Age\">Gilded Age<\/a>, suggesting that an overlay of gold plating hid the seamy reality underneath. Later, historians fixed the term to the years from the late 1870s to the late 1890s. Then, America emerged from the devastation of the Civil War to become the world\u2019s preeminent industrial power. And a few prominent men held most of the great wealth generated by this growth. They possessed private fortunes surpassed only by today\u2019s high tech billionaires. Meanwhile, their wives, circumscribed by the sexist conventions of the Victorian era, rarely played any role in the economy. Instead, they held their own competitions for power and acclaim by building grand houses and holding parties. Journalist Jennifer Wright tells the story of one of the most acclaimed of these women in <em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time<\/em>. It\u2019s a biography of the Gilded Age itself.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prominence-based-on-genealogy-and-wealth\">Prominence based on genealogy and wealth<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright\u2019s subject is Marion Graves Anthon Fish\u00a0(1853-1915), known to her friends as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marion_Graves_Anthon_Fish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mamie Fish<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. The Fish family (who called themselves \u201cthe Fish\u201d) did not possess great wealth. Their prominence rested on their genealogies. The Fish traced their ancestry back to the Dutch colony that preceded English settlement in New York. Mamie\u2019s husband, Stuyvesant Fish (1851-1923), was the son of Hamilton Fish (1808-93), formerly Secretary of State, President Ulysses Grant\u2019s most trusted advisor, and in turn the son of Alexander Hamilton\u2019s best friend. <\/p><div id=\"dev95-1505182126\" class=\"dev95- dev95-entity-placement\"><center>\r\n<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 50,\r\n    'width' : 320,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\t<\/center><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Fish were far from poor. Later in life, Mamie claimed that the family\u2019s fortune never exceeded $3 million. In 1890 dollars, that was the equivalent of just over $100 million today. But the context suggests that Mamie was low-balling the claim. Even so, the family\u2019s net worth paled beside the wealth of such men as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. But Mamie didn\u2019t need hundreds of millions to \u201cparty her way to power,\u201d as Wright suggests.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-glitz-glam-and-a-damn-good-time-how-mamie-fish-the-queen-of-the-gilded-age-partied-her-way-to-power-by-jennifer-wright-2025-235-pages\"><em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, the Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power <\/em>by Jennifer Wright (2025) 235 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/h4>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mamie-fish.jpg?resize=565%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Mamie Fish, the subject of this Cover image of this biography of the Gilded Age\" class=\"wp-image-88151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mamie-fish.jpg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mamie-fish-350x268.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Marion Graves Anthon Fish, known as Mamie Fish or Mrs. Stuyesant Fish. Does this woman look like she could EVER have a good time? Image: Newport Daily News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chatty-style-with-lots-of-exclamation-marks\">Chatty style with lots of exclamation marks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t read gossip columns or celebrity stories in women\u2019s magazines. But I imagine that readers of such things will find Jennifer Wright\u2019s style in <em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time<\/em> to be familiar. It\u2019s casual, often chatty, and features liberal use of exclamation marks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright prefaces Mamie\u2019s story with a brief history of party-giving. This approach makes for an eminently readable story. But if you\u2019re looking for a feminist angle on the Gilded Age, which was filled with consequential developments in America\u2019s economic and political history and marked advances for women, you won\u2019t find it here. This is Mamie Fish\u2019s story. It\u2019s about <em>parties<\/em>. The palatial homes where they were held. What people wore. What they ate. And what they thought about Mamie and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caroline_Schermerhorn_Astor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mrs. Astor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ward_McAllister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ward McAllister<\/a> and the other movers and shakers in Mamie\u2019s social circle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fairness, Wright pays lip service from time to time to the contrast between the ostentatious (and obnoxious) display of wealth by the uber-rich and the abject poverty of millions of workers. She freely acknowledges the desperation of so many Americans in thrall to the winner-take-all economics of the Gilded Age. And she rightly pays special attention in these brief digressions into the suffering of the young women who powered so many of the wealth-generating factories owned by her subjects. But it\u2019s not enough. Not nearly enough. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1884_reunion_Newport_Rhode_Island.jpg?resize=565%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of community celebration in Newport in 1884, the site of much of the action in this biography of the Gilded Age\" class=\"wp-image-88153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1884_reunion_Newport_Rhode_Island.jpg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1884_reunion_Newport_Rhode_Island-350x237.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Newport, Rhode Island, in 1884 during a community \u201creunion.\u201d The town was the site of Mamie Fish\u2019s grandest exploits. Image: What\u2019s Up Newp<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-kinder-review-of-this-book-by-artificial-intelligence\">A kinder review of this book by artificial intelligence<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most reviewers of <em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time<\/em> were kinder than I was. That\u2019s reflected in the following review by Claude-AI Sonnet 4, because it\u2019s based on those other reviews as well as any available online summaries of the book. With the exception of one subhead I\u2019ve inserted to break up the text, what follows is word-for-word what the AI wrote. <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Sparkling Biography of the Gilded Age\u2019s Ultimate Hostess<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Wright\u2019s \u201cGlitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power\u201d is a delightfully entertaining dive into the life of one of America\u2019s most fascinating forgotten figures. Marion Graves Anthon Fish, known as \u201cMamie\u201d and \u201cThe Fun-Maker,\u201d threw the most epic parties in American history, and Wright brings her extraordinary story to vivid life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright, acclaimed author of \u201cMadame Restell\u201d and \u201cGet Well Soon,\u201d demonstrates her signature ability to transform historical research into compulsively readable narrative. Rather than presenting Mamie Fish as merely a frivolous society hostess, Wright reveals how this remarkable woman wielded social gatherings as tools of influence and power during the Gilded Age. The book brilliantly illustrates how parties became political statements and how entertainment served as a form of female empowerment in an era when women had few other avenues to authority.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-witty-accessible-prose\">Witty, accessible prose<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes this biography particularly engaging is Wright\u2019s witty, accessible prose that captures both the absurdity and the strategic brilliance of Fish\u2019s approach to society. The author doesn\u2019t shy away from the contradictions of the era\u2014the extreme wealth alongside social inequality, the liberation and limitations faced by even privileged women. Through meticulous research, Wright paints a complex portrait of a woman who understood that in a world where she couldn\u2019t vote or hold office, she could still shape society through her drawing room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book succeeds as both historical scholarship and pure entertainment. Wright\u2019s narrative sparkles with the same energy that must have animated Fish\u2019s legendary gatherings, making readers feel as though they\u2019re receiving coveted invitations to the most exclusive parties of the 1890s. This is social history at its most engaging\u2014serious enough to illuminate important themes about gender, power, and American society, yet light enough to be thoroughly enjoyable. Wright has crafted a biography that would make Mamie Fish herself proud: substantive, surprising, and undeniably fun.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-author\">About the author<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jennifer-wright.jpg?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Jennifer Wright, author of this veritable biography of the Gilded Age\" class=\"wp-image-88145\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jennifer-wright.jpg 400w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jennifer-wright-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jennifer Wright. Image: Audible<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Wright\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Wright<\/a>, the political\u00a0editor-at-large\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em>. has written seven nonfiction books over the past decade. Born in 1986, she is a graduate of St. John\u2019s College\u00a0in\u00a0Annapolis, Maryland. She is married and lives with her husband in New York. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-for-related-reading\">For related reading<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll find this book in good company at <a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/books-about-extraordinary-women\/\">Books about extraordinary women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional insight into the Gilded Age, see:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy <\/em>by Charles R. Morris (<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/us-economic-history\/\">The Robber Barons who dominated the Gilded Age<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City &amp; Sparked the Tabloid Wars <\/em>by Paul Collins (<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/murder-of-the-century\/\">The Gilded Age murder that set off the tabloid wars<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America <\/em>by Jack Kelly (<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/book-about-organized-labor\/\">The American labor movement in the Gilded Age<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll find other sources of related information at:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/great-biographies\/\">12 great biographies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/understanding-american-history\/\">Top 20 popular books for understanding American history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/nonfiction-books-about-history\/\">25 top nonfiction books about history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you can always find the most popular of my 2,300 reviews, and the most recent ones, on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/\">Home Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/\">Mal Warwick on Books: Insightful Reviews and Recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_2936\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only\" data-element-id=\"2936\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewbox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Twain satirized the period as the Gilded Age, suggesting that an overlay of gold plating hid the seamy reality underneath. 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