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The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess

The Woman Who Knew Everyone: The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess - Hardcover

by Meryl Gordon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Meryl GordonPublish date:2025-01-07Pages:496
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9781538751244ISBN-10:1538751240UPC:9781538751244Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Rich & Famous, Women, PoliticalSize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCRYJR3NTA
A TOWN & COUNTRY MUST READ BOOK OF 2025

A deeply researched biography of the socialite, political hostess, activist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon.

Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents-Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perle's life - "Call Me Madam" - which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman's financially flailing 1948 campaign.

In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle's lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9781538751244ISBN-10:1538751240UPC:9781538751244Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Rich & Famous, Women, PoliticalSize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.90 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCRYJR3NTA
Meryl Gordon is the New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of A Family Beyond Reproach, Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue. An award-winning journalist, she is a tenured journalism professor at New York University. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine and The New York Times.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

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