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American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post
American Empress The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post Author:Nancy Rubin Stuart American Empress is a sweeping history of the dramatic life of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast-cereal magnate C. W. Post. As a young girl growing up in the Midwest, Marjorie Post helped glue cereal boxes in her fatherÂ's barn, later became a board member of his company, wed a diplomat and by late middle age was w... more »idely acknowledged as the unofficial ÂQueen of Washington, D.C. Because of her friendship with presidents, senators, diplomats, and royalty. In the early nine decades of her busy life, the beautiful Mrs. Post had four husbands  among them stockbroker E. F. Hutton and Joseph Davies, ambassador to Soviet Russia under Stalin  built several glittering mansions including Palm BeachÂ's legendary Mar-A-Lago and sailed the seven seas on her huge yacht, the Sea Cloud. 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.« less