1. Gossip, Corporate Reputation, and the 1905 Life Insurance Scandal in New York
- Author:
- Oenone Kubie, Rebecca Orr, Mara Keire, and Christopher McKenna
- Publication Date:
- 12-2019
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Oxford Centre for Global History
- Abstract:
- On the evening of 31 January 1905, six hundred of the richest and most powerful members of New York society descended on Sherry’s Hotel dressed in extravagant costumes designed to resemble the court of the French King, Louis XV. The wealth on display was astounding. Pearls, emeralds, turquoise, and diamonds abounded. Mrs Potter Palmer, the queen of Chicago society, appeared dressed in a diamond tiara, diamond choker, and diamond breastplates. Mrs Clarence Mackay, wife of the chairman of the Postal Telegraph Company and a suffragist, wore a gold and turquoise crown and the train of her dress was so long, that despite the help of her two pages, she was forced to sit out the dancing.
- Topic:
- International Trade and Finance, History, Capitalism, and Multinational Corporations
- Political Geography:
- United States, New York, France, and Global Focus