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Hetty Green

Hetty Green

American businesswoman and financierWikipedia

Search complete. 10 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Hetty Green".

Oct 14, 2026

The Mountain Life

The Mountain Life

Rachel Greenfield on Rose Knox and the story behind one of America's most iconic brands

Oct 14 · 1 Mention

Rachel GreenfieldGUEST
14:17
So there are, um...
Rachel GreenfieldGUEST
14:19
You can find stories about Hetty Green.
Rachel GreenfieldGUEST
14:21
She was known as one of the richest women on Wall Street, a contemporary of JP Morgan.
Rachel GreenfieldGUEST
14:27
She was just savaged in the press because she wore black.

Unknown podcast

Topsy-Turvy-Jules Verne

Oct 10 · 1 Mention

speaker_4UNKNOWN
74:36
Neither did she possess three hundred millions like Mrs. Stewart, eighty millions like Mrs. Crocker, and two hundred millions like Mrs. Carper.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
74:46
Neither was she rich like Mrs. Hammersley, Mrs. Hetty Green, Mrs. Maffett, Mrs. Marshall, Mrs. Paran Stevens, Mrs. Minturn, and many others.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
74:57
At any rate, she had a right to take a place at that memorable feast at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, where there were only admitted as guests people who had at least five millions.
speaker_4UNKNOWN
75:09
In brief, Mrs. Evangelina Scorbut had four millions of good sound dollars, or twenty millions of francs, which came to her from John P. Scorbut, who made his fortune both in the business of selling dry goods and salt pork.

Unknown podcast

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Oct 9 · 1 Mention

speaker_2UNKNOWN
73:12
But here is another thing.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
73:15
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
73:21
Yet this here Elizabeth, so called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
73:34
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.
Dream Psychology - Sigmund Freud

Dream Psychology - Sigmund Freud

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 30 · 1 Mention

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John GreenmanNARRATOR
68:59
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
69:02
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
69:08
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
69:21
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.
Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 28 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
71:45
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
71:48
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
71:54
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
72:07
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 27 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:32
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:35
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:41
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:54
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.
Life of Ludwig van Beethoven

Life of Ludwig van Beethoven

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 25 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:57
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
74:59
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:06
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:19
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.

Unknown podcast

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 23 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
68:29
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
68:32
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
68:38
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
68:51
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.

Unknown podcast

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 18 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:01
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:03
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:10
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
75:23
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.

Unknown podcast

Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent-Henry William Fischer

Sep 16 · 1 Mention

John GreenmanNARRATOR
73:14
But here is another thing.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
73:17
We all know there is only one Hetty Green, that there never was another.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
73:23
Yet this here Elizabeth, so-called, i.e., the man who impersonated her, was as clever a financier as John D. Rockefeller.
John GreenmanNARRATOR
73:36
As John D. gobbled up all the oil in creation, or out of it, so Elizabeth, so-called, lapped up all the gold, minted and otherwise.

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