The Hillwood Museum (Marjorie Merriweather Post's home) in Washington DC is a place I visit often. During WWII Ms Post put all of her jewelry (millions of $$ worth) in a vault feeling it inappropriate to wear this expensive pieces, and the $$ she saved by insuring the jewelry was used to pay for establishing and running (believe it or not) upwards of 25 homes in NYC for young women, especially those living on their own with no family. a little known fact, perhaps, that could have housed some of those in Addie's position without family.
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The Hillwood Museum (Marjorie Merriweather Post's home) in Washington DC is a place I visit often. During WWII Ms Post put all of her jewelry (millions of $$ worth) in a vault feeling it inappropriate to wear this expensive pieces, and the $$ she saved by insuring the jewelry was used to pay for establishing and running (believe it or not) upwards of 25 homes in NYC for young women, especially those living on their own with no family. a little known fact, perhaps, that could have housed some of those in Addie's position without family.