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American queen: the rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War ''Belle of the North'' and gilded age woman of scandal 9780306822810, 0306822814

Table of contents :
A Note on the Text
Contents
Prologue: A Woman in the Arena
PART I: MISS CHASE
1. "Qualified to Ornament Any Society"
2. "I Shall Strive to Be First Wherever I May Be"
3. "How Short Then Is This Life!"
4. The Belle of Columbus
5. The Belle of Washington
6. The Boy Governor
7: Mrs. Lincoln's Rival
8. Wedding of the Decade
PART II: MRS. SPRAGUE
9. "Imagine My Disappointment"
10. "Our Accomplished Countrywoman"
11. "More Unfitness Day by Day"
12. "I Am Told That She Actually Controls the Entire Affair"
13. "You Have Been Most Cruelly Deceived"
14. "I Almost Hate This Man." 15. "She's Capable of Hitting Him"16. Some Dared Call It Treason
17. End of an Era
18. End of an Empire
19. "Intended by Their Creator for Each Other"
20. "Mrs. Conkling Is Not Here This Winter"
21. "The Now Notorious Outbreak"
22. "The Bird Has Flown"
PART III: KATE CHASE AGAIN
23. "A Dinner with the Queen"
24. "As Much Alone as Cleopatra"
25. Gilded Age Woman
26. Stalwart Woman
27. An Unmarried Woman
28. An Independent Woman
29. "What We Have Is Good"
30. "None Outshone Her"
Epilogue
Photographs
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index.

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