Hetty_ The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon - Charles Slack [117]
strict allowance of, 118, 130–31
tax avoidance of, 215, 220–21
in Texas, 118, 123, 125–31, 156, 158, 159–60, 173, 181, 182–86, 215, 219, 220–21
“wards” adopted by, 216–17
wedding of, 208
will of, 219, 220
Green, Frank, 160
Green, Henry Atkinson, 76
Green, Hetty Howland Robinson:
appearance of, 13–18, 19, 27–28, 50, 65, 77, 95, 154
beauty treatments of, 172, 237n
beneficiaries of, 204, 205
birth of, 11, 12
black reticule carried by, 137, 163–64, 195
black veil worn by, 152, 169
boarding schools of, 16, 19, 20
childhood of, 1–3, 6, 13–17
death of, 180, 199–202
divine retributions forecast by, 157
early business education of, 3, 16–17, 44. 111
Episcopalian baptism of, 192–93
estate of, 204–8, 211
fashionable clothing of, 19, 176, 179. 196
fortune of, ix, xii, 8, 22, 70–71, 72–74, 86, 90, 135–37, 167, 204, 219–20, 226
foul language of, 18, 77, 95
funeral of, 202–3
guns owned by, 126, 161–63, 235n-36n
as heiress, 14, 17, 22, 33, 43–44, 48, 70–71, 72, 73, 135, 138–43, 205
at Howland family reunions, 14
infant brother’s death and, 3, 13–14
investment strategies of, ix, 72–74, 108–10, 115, 120–23, 135–37, 166–67, 211
memorabilia stored by, 194–96, 238n
as moneylender, ix, 9, 135, 136–37, 155, 167–68, 189–90, 236n
nursing skills of, 71–72, 85, 155, 156, 159
obituaries of, 200–202
parsimony of, xi-xii, 7–8, 14–16, 25–27, 28–29, 49. 77–80, 81–83, 84, 88, 94–95, 104–7, 113–14. 118, 134–35. 137. 143. 151. 152, 155–56, 208, 235n
personal hygiene of, 53, 77, 82
pet dog of, 150, 153, 154, 155–56, 182, 237n
physical threats against, 161–64
as popular icon, 191–92
populism of, 145
public prayer of, 141–42, 143
public ridicule of, 106–7
purported unhappiness of, 95, 169–71
Quakerism of, 7–8, 49, 71, 99–100, 106, 190
real estate holdings of, 74, 115–16, 135–36, 137. 139. 160, 164. 167, 187–88, 191, 204
restaurant encounters of, 152–53
rheumatism cure offered by, 152–53
sense of isolation in, 14, 108, 163
society as viewed by, 154–55
strokes suffered by, 197–99
tax avoidance of, 104, 135, 149, 150, 205
unfashionable clothing of, 18, 27, 77. 78–79, 95, 105, 134, 170
unpretentiousness of, 105–7
will of, 155, 180, 192, 204–5
women’s rights and, 111–12
Green, Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland, see Wilks, Hetty Sylvia Ann Howland Green
Green, Mabel Harlow, 208–9, 210, 215, 225
adopted “wards” of, 216–17
Dallas residence of, 131
Hetty’s disapproval of, 131, 186, 187, 202, 218
lawsuit of, 219–20
prenuptial agreement of, 208, 219–20
Sylvia Wilks’s relationship with, 218, 219–20, 221
trust fund of, 208
wedding of, 208
greenback notes, U. S., 72–73
Grinnell, Henry, 18–19, 65
Guild, Helen, 223–24, 239n
Guiness Book of World Records, xi, 197
Gunther, Robert, xii
Harlow, Mabel, see Green, Mabel Harlow
Hart, Simpson, 39
Hartsdale Canine Cemetery, 237n
Haskell, Julia H., 5
hat-trimming contest, 191
Hayes, Lyman Simpson, 78, 82, 234n
Hinson, Colin, 234n
History of the Texas Railroads, A (Reed), 129, 235n
Hoboken, N.J., xi, 105, 149–57, 176, 182, 197, 236n
Hodges, Leigh Mitchell, 16, 71, 73, !53–55
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 56, 58–59, 62
Hopkins, Mark, 119
Houston Texas Central Railroad, 88–89, 91–92, 96, 120–23
Howland, Gideon, 3, 9, 13, 17
descendants of, as beneficiaries, 41, 164, 206–8, 225–26
Howland, Henry, 6–7
Howland, Isaac, Jr., 2–3, 8–10, 13
business interests of, 8–9
see also Isaac Howland Jr. and Company
Howland, Mehitable, 9–10
Howland, Peleg, 34, 35–36
Howland, Sylvia Ann, 9–10, 13, 14, 15, 20–29
as allegedly murdered, 164
birth of, 9
death of, 44–45, 46, 64–65
employees of, 21–23, 25–26, 27–29, 39–40, 44–45, 232n-33n
fortune of, 10, 17, 22, 25, 38, 44
funeral of, 47, 50–51
Hetty’s relationship with, 16, 22–23, 25–29, 36–38
ill health of, 10, 20–21, 25, 36, 44
literary interests of, 21
locked trunk in bedroom of, 22–23, 51, 68–69
loneliness of, 21–22, 45
poetry of, 21
Howland, Sylvia Ann, last will of, 33–63
and attempted bribery of judge, 52–53
attorneys’ fees and, 64
beneficiaries of, 34, 35, 39–41, 42–43, 47–48, 51–52, 53, 69–71, 82,