American businesswoman and financier (born 1834)

Hetty Green

Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as the "Queen of Wall Street" due to her willingness to lend freely and at reasonable interest rates to financiers and city governments during financial panics. Her extraordinary discipline during such times enabled her to amass a fortune as a financier at a time when nearly all major financiers were men.

Born

1834

November 21

Died

1916

Era

1830s

Country

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Hetty, in brief

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Key dates

1834 Born
1916 Died

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The world in 1916

When Hetty departed

april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
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