Calling all Swifties and History Nerds! You won't want to miss this episode about the muse for Last Great American Dynasty by Taylor Swift. Rebekah Harkness was a 1900s socialite and it is a crazy story that includes the entire Harkness family from her ancestors to her four husbands to her children. Trigger warning: there is talk about mental health and suicide in relation to some of their stories.

Resources:

https://anamericanballetstory.com/videos.html

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/business/2017/07/09/estate-tied-to-standard-oil/9682650007/

https://www.courthousenews.com/nasty-fight-over-standard-oil-heiress-will/

https://www.stlmag.com/culture/music/the-last-great-american-dynasty-rebekah-harkness/

https://www.vogue.com/article/the-outrageous-life-of-rebekah-harkness-taylor-swifts-high-society-muse

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/nyregion/14doctor.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/harkness-rebekah-1915-1982

https://harknessfoundation.org/history/

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/22/books/is-there-a-chic-way-to-go.html

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-688-05081-8

https://www.indianamuseum.org/blog-post/taylor-swifts-muse-has-hoosier-roots/

https://www.indianamuseum.org/historic-sites/culbertson-mansion/

https://www.fermatafoundation.org/history

https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-rebekah-harkness/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Harkness

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Watch

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