American empress : the life and times of Marjorie Merriweather Post
-- The glamorous and warm-hearted Mrs. Post was also mother to actress Dina Merrill. Throughout her life, she gave generously to hundreds of civic, artistic and philanthropic causes, among which were the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Ballet and the Kennedy Center. By virtue of her brains, beauty and great wealth, Mrs. Post was a woman well ahead of her era, whose natural business acumen created the frozen foods industry and transformed the Postum Cereal Company into the General Foods Corporation
Biographies
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A Midwestern millionaire's daughter. "A healthy, hearty, and handsome girl"
"There's a reason"
A Battle Creek girlhood
"A little like playing house with dolls"
"Twenty-seven boils"
The matron. The bride
"It wasn't done that way"
The Postum Cereal Company heiress
Daring propositions
Palm Beach days, and nights. It was "quite a place"
Voracious appetities
"Such scrambling as we did!"
Mar-a-lago
Depressions. "Despite the forty added summers"
"Lady Bountiful"
A mere clash of wills
Ambassadress to the Soviet Union. Mrs. Joseph Davies
First "Ambassadress" to the Soviet Union
"An invaluable asset to this mission"
Mission fulfilled
Capital hostess. "Since I have no son ... I will offer the Sea Cloud"
Transformations
The Duchess of the District of Columbia
Vital contributions
For the common good. Mrs. Herbert May
"Her step is firm, her stamina discouraging"
Careful housekeeping
Twilight in friendship garden
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