The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green by Janet Wallach

The Richest Woman in America: The Life and Times of Hetty Green

Janet Wallach

281 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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No woman in the Gilded Age made as much money as Hetty Green, America’s first female tycoon. A strong woman who forged her own path, she was worth at least $100 million by the end of her life in 1916—equal to about $2.5 billion today. Green was mo...

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