eleanor widener

Eleanor Widener's second husband, Alexander Hamilton Rice was a exploration competitor of Percy Faucett in the race to explore the Amazon. This is mentioned in the "The Lost City of Z" by David Gramm which is a great read in itself & there are several mentions of Eleanor in it.

What were Mrs. Widener's activities, interests, hobbies before 1912? Also, what were Madeliene Astor's activities, hobbies, interests before meeting J.J. Astor IV?

Mrs. George D. Widener, later Mrs. John Hamilton Rice, apparently continued in her public life of society to-dos and charities following the Titanic disaster. I just came on several articles in "Vogue" and "Harper's Bazaar" from the mid to late teens referencing her activities. One, in which...

I recently brought a copy of the book "The Titanic, the extraordinary story of the unsinkable ship" by Geoff Tibballs.I was delighted to see several different photos of passengers that I've never seen before like Molly Brown,Lady Duff Gordon,and several others including one of "the...