Dollar Princesses, the American Girls Who Were Sold Into Royalty America’s nouveau rich of the 1870s were filthy rich, but they still considered themselves ‘commoners’ as they did not have exquisite titles of Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, and the like. And this was not acceptable to them. They wanted an aristocracy attached to their names to elevate their statuses. British aristocrats on the other side of the Atlantic had an ‘old world charm.’ They are suave, cultured, and aristocratic, with numerous titles attached to their family legacies. But they were desperate for cash, with their fortunes dwindling rapidly, so even maintaining the old grandeur proved to be an uphill task. In came the ‘dollar princesses’ to fix this mutual problem amicably. The rich Americans sold their daughters abroad, marrying them off to British aristocrats in exchange for a title. American brides carried with them some of the most lavish dowries in history. Read more about the dollar princesses..... <a rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" href="https://owlcation.com/humanities/Dollar-Princesses-the-American-Girls-Who-Were-Sold-Into-Royalty" target="_blank">https://owlcation.com/humanities/Dollar-Princesses-the-American-Girls-Who-Were-Sold-Into-Royalty</a>