During the turn-of-the-last century, America was a nation of great changes, and advancements. The nineteenth century had taken the country from a farming/agricultural-based society into a modernized, industrialized nation. Where, once, men made great amounts of wealth in the farming of crops such as cotton, sugar and corn, men were now building even greater wealth on the backs of steel production, stock market gambling, and banking. This was all possible, of course, due to the very fact that America was strong, and seen on the world stage as a modern power. The preceding hundred years saw the nation rise from a new-found country, struggling to find it’s place on the world stage, to the unified strength of an industrialized nation. Years of war, civil war, and internal struggles had led to a union of forty-eight industrious states making up the United States of America. For men, the sky was, “truly the limit,” and the American dream of making an unmatched amount of wealth was born. For women, their traditional roles in the world, and family, were changing drastically. Once confined to the role of supportive wife and mother, women were now able to attend college, have representation in government, and were nearing a time when they would be allowed to vote. Naturally, from this exhausted position, women found themselves with room for social advancement. During this time of excess, we can retrospectively see women’s fashion, hobbies, and ideals were shaped to reflect this. Many of the wealthy coming-of-age girls were parented by parents whom survived the era of Civil War and learned to understand, and appreciate, the grand lifestyles that the nouveau riche American society was affording. Part of this excess, was the intricate marriages that would take place between rich American heiresses, and titled English noblemen. After the turn-of-the-century, English aristocrats were hard pressed for money. Years of excessive living and grand feudal farming estates had been in decline and many had suffered an economic recession following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. In addition, growing tensions between Germany and England were making war seem more emanate, with the banking system of England suffering. Meanwhile, across the pond in America, fortunes were rising each day. Wa