Diamonds and Deadlines Audiobook Libro.fm

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The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie titan of publishing and an unsung hero of womens suffrageAmong the fabled tycoons of the Gilded AgeCarnegie Rockefeller Vanderbiltis a forgotten figure Mrs Frank Leslie For twenty years she ran the countrys largest publishing company Frank Leslie Publishing which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies A pioneer in an allmale industry she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal She flouted feminine convention took lovers married four times and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas Both during and after her lifetime glimpses of the truth emerged including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youthDiamonds and Deadlines reveals the unknown sensational life of the brilliant and brazen empress of journalism who dropped a bombshell at her death She left her entire multimilliondollar estate to womens suffragea neverequaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment In this dazzling biography cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries correspondence genealogies and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Ages most complex powerful women and unexpected feminist icons Ultimately Diamonds and Deadlines restores Mrs Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history as a monumental businesswoman who presaged the feminist future and reflected in bold relief the Gilded Age one of the most momentous seismic and vivid epochs in American history