Historical Interpreter: Ellie Carlson
Author: Andrea Friederici Ross
Invocation: Kathy Tingley
WINNER, 2021 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year in Traditional Nonfiction!. This thrilling story of a daughter of America’s foremost industrialist, John D. Rockefeller, is complete with sex, money, mental illness, and opera divas—and a woman who strove for the independence to make her own choices. Rejecting the limited gender role carved out for her by her father and society, Edith Rockefeller McCormick forged her own path, despite pushback from her family and ultimate financial ruin. Respectful and truthful, Andrea Friederici Ross presents the full arc of this amazing woman’s life and expertly helps readers understand Edith’s generosity, intelligence and fierce determination to change the world.
