Women of Privilege

Drawing on “a treasure trove of family records”, this biography of the women of a prominent Hudson Valley, New York family is “ riveting and moving.” (Miriam Cohen, Evalyn Clark Professor of History, Vassar College) Carolyn Heilbrun, in Writing a Woman’s Life , said there are far too few books about the real lives of women. Women of Privilege helps to fill that gap. Susan Gillotti provides us an insight into her ancestors’ heretofore secret lives, culled from their private diaries, letters and j