Summary of Julia Reed's Dispatches from the Gilded Age

By IRB Media

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#1 I had a career because the all-male board at my junior-year college decided to replace our brilliant but decidedly masculine headmistress with a woman who was in the process of eclipsing her in the affections of her lover.

#2 Benji, a journalist, was 19 years old when he was assigned to cover the story of an all-male college board’s decision to replace its headmistress with a woman. He had none of the typical reactions, but instead threw on clothes and drove to the school.

#3 A woman tried to kill her boyfriend, a cardiologist, because he had developed a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that he mailed free of charge to anyone who asked.

#4 Tarnower’s book thanked Jean Harris for her splendid assistance in the research and writing of this book. Harris was a divorced mother of two grown sons who had been close friends with Tarnower for many years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350030990

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Insights on Julia Reed's Dispatches from the Gilded Age

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had a difficult time adjusting to the school, and it was mainly because of the headmistress, Jean Harris, who was in charge of it. She was a woman who had many goals, and she wanted us to work our asses off academically.

#2

I had none of the usual reactions when I heard the news. I threw on clothes, jumped in the car, and made my way past the guards. I was 19 and only slightly sorry that the good doctor had given his life in service to my future as a journalist.

#3

Tarnower was a cardiologist who last year published a best-selling book, The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. He was shot just before 11 p. m. Police received a report of a burglary in progress at his secluded, Japanese-style home. When patrolman Brian McKenna arrived, he met Harris coming out the long driveway in a Plymouth sedan.

#4

Tarnower’s book acknowledgments mention Jean Harris, his assistant, for her assistance in the research and writing of the book. Some suggest that they were romantically involved. Harris was demure in her stewardship, but students found her obsession with honesty and self-responsibility admirable.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The word fad implies something ephemeral, silly, and even wasteful. But still, I wait for them. They tell me what’s going on in the world of fashion and in some cases what’s going on in the world.

#2

I have saved many clothes in my closet that cannot be recycled physically. I see the labels Donald Brooks and Chester Weinberg, and I am once again curled up on the floor of the bride’s dressing room at Hafter's department store in Greenville, Mississippi.

#3

I was a fashion fadist only vicariously. I was made to wear Florence Eiseman dresses and thin white socks with Mary Janes, unless I was playing, in which case I was allowed to wear corduroy jumpers with white turtlenecks and close-toed sandals.

#4

I had been used to thinking about how clothes made me feel in terms of their effect on other people. I knew what the musician meant. Some clothes don't enhance but make you honest, and make it easier for you to be true to yourself when you play your bass or whatever.

#5

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