Top 10 Historical Figures Who Inspired The Gilded Age

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  • @alexius23
    @alexius23 Рік тому +144

    While I enjoy British social drama it is nice to experience & savor American tales as well.

  • @alexandreaturcot8921
    @alexandreaturcot8921 Рік тому +78

    I love the show "The Gilded Age" and I am very excited to see season 2 on its way! I worked at the Biltmore Estate for years and am still enchanted by the history of the Vanderbilts and the gilded age period of history!

    • @Yaelah-ws9rq
      @Yaelah-ws9rq Рік тому +1

      I also enjoy the first season of the gilded age! Wonderin when will the 2nd season out...😢😢😢

    • @foreversony5744
      @foreversony5744 Рік тому +3

      @@Yaelah-ws9rq the second season is out already

    • @marniekilbourne608
      @marniekilbourne608 Рік тому

      I thought there was no season 2?!

  • @evrimpekaslan
    @evrimpekaslan Рік тому +73

    Peggy Scott is my favorite character in the show. I can't wait to see her journey to becoming a successful writer

    • @JustDevyn87
      @JustDevyn87 Рік тому

      same! I am loving the expansion of her life and everyone else "across the bridge" in this new season. I hope we get to see more--I'd love a spin off someday!

    • @kathmandu2285
      @kathmandu2285 Рік тому +1

      My first thought when I saw her was Ida B. Wells, but research said Julia Collins. Nice to see I was correct with Ida B.

  • @maryok4099
    @maryok4099 Рік тому +27

    My favorite character is Agnes Van Rihn. Hilarious, cutting dialogue, well delivered. Every once in a while, she shows some kindness.

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton Рік тому

      She is wonderful.

    • @fosterfuchs
      @fosterfuchs 9 місяців тому +1

      She is non-prejudicial towards black people (Peggy in particular) to a fault. That can't be taken for granted in her time.

  • @Mistydazzle
    @Mistydazzle Рік тому +32

    It is interesting that Julian Fellowes linked the inspirational stories of two separate families, Gould & Vanderbilt (who also had railroad investments), to create the Russels.

  • @Salmiyaguy1
    @Salmiyaguy1 Рік тому +19

    I love how George is so dedicated to Bertha's ambitions and to Bertha herself.

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +41

    I've never watched this show before, but considering all the hype surrounding it, I might just give it a watch! 💞

    • @here_we_go_again2571
      @here_we_go_again2571 Рік тому +6

      The acting is good, the sets and costumes are amazing!

    • @sandramoore8206
      @sandramoore8206 Рік тому +2

      I’m hooked it’s a really great show.

    • @PrincetonRed
      @PrincetonRed Рік тому +2

      Get ready to binge watch.

    • @Mistydazzle
      @Mistydazzle Рік тому +2

      Following character development is intriguing - the costumes, the sets are fabulous.And, it is somewhat following real History. I don't find it frivolous in scenarios, like some period series turn me off with.

    • @TheLiteralLatest
      @TheLiteralLatest Рік тому +1

      The hype is real! Such a good show, easy to watch and so intriguing.

  • @盧璘壽로인수
    @盧璘壽로인수 Рік тому +21

    Ward McAllister's "The Four Hundred" list (published in the New York Times) was so influential it even reached the Philippines ("Manila's (First) 400" due to being a former American colony) and was probably the inspiration for the Wizarding World (Harry Potter universe)'s "Sacred Twenty-eight" (the British pureblood families)
    I also hope future seasons (if they ever cross into the 20th century) may feature a British family semi-inspired by "Downton Abbey"'s Crawley family (County of Grantham)

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton Рік тому +3

      Edith Wharton modeled a character after him in Age of Innocence.

  • @SeanCrowley-ks1mu
    @SeanCrowley-ks1mu Рік тому +4

    Growing up on the Mainline outside of Philadelphia, I've witnessed first hand the distinction between old money and new. This show is SPOT ON !!!!!

  • @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS
    @ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS Рік тому +18

    The woman engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge ❤

  • @anthonyvario802
    @anthonyvario802 Рік тому +14

    Aunt Ada, Miss Brooks, Aurora Fane, and Miss Chamberlain are my favorite characters. I know that this is in New York but I would like to see suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt. Also, I’d love to see more real life social workers from that time.

  • @samuelcollantes1175
    @samuelcollantes1175 Рік тому +6

    I loved this top like no other top i've loved before on this channel. Therefore, happy sunday afternoon , Emely. Take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.

  • @alandombrow584
    @alandombrow584 Рік тому +12

    I loved this video. I was familiar with the Astors and Vanderbilts but not many of the other characters. I feel somewhat caught up. S1 was great. And I just watched S2 E1. It made me think that S1 was all prelude, getting me to know the characters, S2 E1 was able to hit the ground running. I liked it better than all of S1.

  • @cyn5962
    @cyn5962 Рік тому +1

    Bertha Russell is my favorite character. She takes those old money snobs so well.

  • @ttwilliams01
    @ttwilliams01 Рік тому +5

    Awesome video; I'd like to see my great great uncle, Dr. Bishop R. S. Williams make an appearance. He was an associate of Ida B. and was the 6th bishop of the CME Church; he attended Wiley, Howard, and Yale and was born to a mixed heritage in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He worked civil rights with W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and was friends with Adam D. Williams, grandfather of MKL Jr.

  • @Mikki220
    @Mikki220 Рік тому +12

    I am a Black history buff and I forgot Thomas Fortune! Thank you

  • @benrobinson1514
    @benrobinson1514 Рік тому +8

    I’d love to see someone like Mary Church Terrell show up. I believe Peggy’s father made a reference to her brother in their dinner scene, he mentioned a man at Howard named Mr Church.

  • @angier4748
    @angier4748 Рік тому +5

    Started watching the Gilded Age, I love period pieces, this show is wonder . It's as good as Brigderton and I love that show

  • @s.o.q2914
    @s.o.q2914 Рік тому +13

    History is interesting in many ways.

    • @CymonTempler
      @CymonTempler Рік тому

      As well as horrifying in many ways.

  • @JoanRudith
    @JoanRudith Рік тому +6

    I would love to see John Jacob Astor IV be portrayed. He would be in his early 20s here. The show gives the impression Mrs Astor only had one child.

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton Рік тому +1

      I think it was his father who went down with the Titanic. I read that he put his wife in a lifeboat, smiled at her and said he'd see her tomorrow. But he knew he was going down with the ship.

  • @charlotteclarke868
    @charlotteclarke868 Рік тому +1

    I really want to see Henry James and Edith Wharton. Loved Oscar Wilde in season 3.

  • @carolalexander1210
    @carolalexander1210 Рік тому

    Excellent introduction of the supposed characters!

  • @InstantlyGlam
    @InstantlyGlam Рік тому +1

    The way Mr. Russell champions his wife I swoon every time

  • @RoseCarroll-pk6mt
    @RoseCarroll-pk6mt Рік тому +3

    Thank you ❤😂

  • @carlisleorama
    @carlisleorama 4 місяці тому

    Peggy Scott and Aunt Ada are my favorites ❤

  • @rsoubiea
    @rsoubiea Рік тому

    There are so many interesting people and families from this era. Carnegie was quite interesting,

  • @thanduxolonelisiwe3265
    @thanduxolonelisiwe3265 Рік тому +1

    So the Russell's are based on the Vanderbilts?
    I'd love to see the Rockerfellers.

  • @robertob-fm7zt
    @robertob-fm7zt Рік тому

    magical, I love this show, is just amazing.

  • @BobbyMoore2-mp8wb
    @BobbyMoore2-mp8wb Рік тому +4

    Power to the people

  • @Tessa-vz1qb
    @Tessa-vz1qb 9 місяців тому

    I really like Peggy and mrs Astor, as well as Mrs Van Rhighn

  • @Iluvcollecting
    @Iluvcollecting Рік тому +1

    These women were the ORIGINAL HOUSEWIVES!

  • @KayLee19676
    @KayLee19676 Рік тому

    There actually is a Jay Gould in the series. They don't get into him alot but they do have him in a few scenes with George Russell and he's remarked as being a very wealthy man. I think George Russell is more cast like William Kissam Vanderbilt

  • @maryok4099
    @maryok4099 Рік тому

    When I was born, my aunt said I would be in the 400. Needless to say, I never got close to the upper classes. Now, I am not sure my aunt meant it as a compliment, but I was a toddler.

  • @lillianmcgrew217
    @lillianmcgrew217 Рік тому +1

    This is interesting

  • @mr.x8259
    @mr.x8259 Рік тому +5

    Who is Agnes based on?

  • @gratefulsam4055
    @gratefulsam4055 Рік тому +2

    Bertha Russell is MARGOT DUNNE!!!!!!!! (gone girl)

  • @lianel664
    @lianel664 Рік тому +2

    Maybe someone knows, when is the next season planned?
    I thought it was supposed to come out this year.

    • @LSTEdD1
      @LSTEdD1 Рік тому +5

      Season 2 just started on October 29, 2023😊

  • @whatadollslife
    @whatadollslife Рік тому +1

    What about Emily Warren Roebling the little known engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge project after her husband became too ill to work

  • @Ana-el9eu
    @Ana-el9eu Рік тому

    I would compare George Russell to Cornelius Vanderbilt.

  • @---wu3qj
    @---wu3qj Рік тому +7

    The snobbery of that period is appalling.

    • @animec-dramaskpop6362
      @animec-dramaskpop6362 Рік тому +1

      That's what makes it fun to watch.

    • @SeanCrowley-ks1mu
      @SeanCrowley-ks1mu Рік тому

      That snobbery as you so eloquently put it, still exists. I grew up in a family of new money and no matter how much wealth my father had, we were society outcasts among the people from old money. It is what it is.

    • @salyoutubepremium7734
      @salyoutubepremium7734 Рік тому

      Puhleeze. Don’t flatter yourself. You think there’s no snobbery today? Grow up

  • @TerraGarten-cl8iz
    @TerraGarten-cl8iz 11 місяців тому

    I would've loved to see cj walker (first self made female millionaire)

  • @MrBrownnn696
    @MrBrownnn696 Рік тому

    I wanna buy the series

  • @BallymurphyBabe
    @BallymurphyBabe Рік тому +2

    What if any real life person is Agnes Van Rhijn inspired by?
    Me favourite characters are Oscar Ban Rhijn and Ward McAlister (Nathan Lane). Audra McDonald because she played Sara in the broadway musical Ragtime that I worked for.
    Worst character is George Russell. He really needs a good shave!!
    Why don’t they use the real names of the characters that they are inspired after instead??

    • @makicabrera
      @makicabrera Рік тому +1

      In the case of the Russells it's a blending of 2 historical figures/families (Jay Gould and the Vanderbilts) so that's probably why sometimes they use real names and sometimes they are made up!

  • @onclebob2178
    @onclebob2178 11 місяців тому

    Bertha

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper1677 Рік тому +4

    the jeromes

  • @alexius23
    @alexius23 Рік тому +2

    🎞🎶📺🧙🏻‍♂

  • @mjbelle23
    @mjbelle23 Рік тому +1

    So Thomas Fortune introduced black people to the democrat plantation and we have never had a gilded age since

    • @Jinkook-wu1pu
      @Jinkook-wu1pu Рік тому

      What does that mean is it bad?

    • @mjbelle23
      @mjbelle23 Рік тому

      @@Jinkook-wu1pu look at the state of the black community then and look at it now you tell me ?

  • @gruweldaad
    @gruweldaad Рік тому

    Peggy Scott is a lame and boring character. They should write her out.