Wolves,” the historian Paulina Bren recounts the uphill — and ongoing — battle of women to break into the finance industry.

Insights Some of the wealthiest families in American history have lost their fortunes.  Families like Kennedy, Du Pont, and ...

The Comstock Act was named for Anthony Comstock, a leader of the anti-obscenity movement. It grew out of his effort to stifle ...

The wealthiest families of the Gilded Age lived in enormous mansions outfitted with gold, marble, and priceless art. Take a ...

and succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad. Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, built The Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot summer ...

Cornelius Vanderbilt II was the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the richest man in America during the Gilded Age, and succeeded him as the president and chairman of the New York Central Railroad.

A 10-year-old Louisiana boy was arrested after allegedly telling authorities that he fatally shot a former mayor and his adult daughter over the weekend. Police responded around 6:30 a.m. on ...

Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in ...

The Vanderbilt fortune, admittedly, consisted of shipping and railroad money amassed two generations earlier by Cornelius Vanderbilt, whereas Collis Huntington’s fortune was brand new.

The Vanderbilt fortune, admittedly, consisted of shipping and railroad money amassed two generations earlier by Cornelius Vanderbilt, whereas Collis Huntington’s fortune was brand new.