Shining Example

An heiress receives accolades for all her efforts to help the less fortunate, but her good deeds aren’t as helpful for her marriage.

December 1932, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton is hailed for all her work to help the needy during the Great Depression. She works on multiple committees providing food and unemployment relief to the point of getting positive press and recognition. Her husband E.F. Hutton however is not so thrilled and is dabbling with various females on the side.

Other people and subjects include: Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdivani, royal Mdivani siblings, Franklyn Hutton, Edna Woolworth Hutton, Eleanor Post Hutton Sturges, Preston Sturges, Nedenia Hutton – Dina Merrill, Preston Sturges, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, President Franklin Roosevelt, Lindbergh baby kidnapping, General Foods, Birds Eye, frozen food, food drives, soup kitchens, breadlines, unemployment, needy, homeless, charity, committees, rising crime, watchdog, special award, bodyguards, Pinkerton agents, debutante ball, divorce, infidelity, Salvation Army, U.S. Flag Association, Marjorie Post Hutton Canteen, Edward F. Hutton Emergency Food Station, Hell’s Kitchen, Mar-a-Lago, Hussar V yacht, trouble with sources, rabbit hole of research, 1932 – 1934 darkest years of the Great Depression, 1929 Wall Street Crash, Dust Bowl Storms, 1932 & 2024 presidential elections, pandemic, lockdowns, World War II, global war, civil war, positive press, change inevitable

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