"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Caroline descended from the Schermerhorns and the Van Cortlandts, Dutch families that were among the ...

The Gilded Age might be fiction, but that doesn’t mean that the HBO series about the war between New York’s old-money families and the nouveau riche doesn’t have some basis in reality. The series ...

At the turn of the century, New York served as the epicenter of America’s Gilded Age. Those who have seen the period drama know that city socialite Caroline Astor hosted lavish parties at her Fifth ...

In the first few episodes of The Gilded Age, various characters speak in reverent tones about a woman of impeccable taste and class whom they all love and fear: Mrs. Astor a.k.a. Caroline Schermerhorn ...