Outlaw Marriages

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Bessie Marbury & Elsie de Wolfe

March 21, 2012 by admin

 

Elsie de Wolfe is widely recognized as the founder of the field of interior designer. Bessie Marbury was a highly successful theatrical agent, as well as the woman who made a series of suggestions to de Wolfe that led to the interior designer becoming a pioneer in her field.

De Wolfe and Marbury were in an outlaw marriage from 1892 until 1933, when Marbury died.

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