In HBO’s hit series The Gilded Age, the actor LisaGay Hamilton plays Philadelphia poet, abolitionist, and suffragist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. In one scene set in New York in the season’s ...

Donna Murphy in The Gilded Age ; Portrait of American socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn. The storylines on the HBO period piece might seem sensational, but they are inspired by real events and ...

Julian Fellowes' historical drama, The Gilded Age, is accessible on HBO. It follows Marian Brook as she joins the harsh upper class in 1880s New York.

Historical period dramas are not only highly entertaining but also can serve as bigger metaphors for modern audiences. Wrapped up in the elaborate costumes and stylized language, there are lessons to ...

In 1894, over the objection of the governor and the mayor, President Grover Cleveland sent American soldiers into Chicago and then invoked the Insurrection Act to suppress strikes and protests. His ...

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The Gilded Age Season 3 Episode 7 “Ex-Communicated” deals with one of the most scandalous moments in real Gilded Age history. In 1890, Ward McAllister (Nathan Lane) published Society as I Have Found ...

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Conspicuous excess being the true star of “The Gilded Age,” the season finale demanded a level of dazzle unmatched by anything that came before. But the Season 3 closer, “My Mind is Made Up,” matches ...

The Gilded Age fans are not the only people anxiously waiting to see what season 4 will entail — stars like AudraMcDonald ...

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. Wistful August tapers down. Headlines feel far away but stalk us by ...