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Janet Wallach

Disciplines:
history
biography
journalism

Summary

American journalist and author who wrote The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age — a biography of Hetty Green — and other historical biographies.

Core Contribution

Contributed to documenting Hetty Green's investing career and life — providing an alternative biographical account to Charles Slack's that emphasizes the Gilded Age context.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age

Historical Influences

Biography tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Biography WritingAmerican History

Contemporaries & Peers

Charles Slack

Minds Influenced

Hetty Green historical record

Intellectual Posterity

The Richest Woman in America

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