Through correspondence with friends and relatives from the ages of eight to sixty-eight, Victorine du Pont unwittingly chronicled the first sixty years of the du Pont saga in America. This biography makes the case that Victorine has had the broadest - and most enduring - influence within the entire du Pont family of any family member.
Victorine du Pont is the previously untold biography of a woman who left a profound influence upon multiple generations of the du Pont family, and whose story provides the most intimate view of that family to date. Intellectually capable and actively compassionate, Victorine du Pont overcame personal tragedy and institutional barriers against women to provide pioneering educational opportunities, as well as spiritual leadership, to an entire millworkers’ community.
