Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor (September 21, 1830 – October 30, 1908) was a prominent American socialite of the last quarter of the 19th century. Famous for being referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of real estate heir William Backhouse Astor Jr. Four years after her death her son John Jacob Astor IV was the richest man on the RMS Titanic and perished in the disaster of that ship.
Read more about Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor: Childhood and Youth, Housewife and Socialite, The Gatekeeper, Children, Head of The Family: The Waldorf-Astoria, Death, Grave, and Legacy
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“I have eyes to see now what I have never seen before.”
—Anonymous, U.S. correspondence student. As quoted in The Life of Ellen H. Richards, ch. 9, by Caroline L. Hunt, quoting Ellen Swallow Richards (1912)
“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”
—Daniel Webster (1782–1852)