Women of the Upper Class

Appendixes Notes Bibliography

Appendixes Notes Bibliography Copyrighted Material 155 Appendix A Description of Sample Approximate Husband's Social Most Elite Name Age Occupation Register' Social Clubs' Wainwrightt early 50's Physician Boynton 80's Corporate Law yes Eton 50's Investment Consultant yes yes (widow) Bennett 80's Corporate Law yes yes VanHague 80's (widow) yes Hall late 40's Business Consultant yes yes Smythe late 40's Physician yes yes Hoight 40's Investment Consultant yes Ames 60's Vice President, yes major old company Harper 40's Partner in old yes yes law fi rm Spears 50's Corporate Law yes Vincent 40's Treasurer of old major firm yes n.a. Sharpe 50's Stockbroker yes yes Holt 50's Purchasing Agent of old yes major fi rm Brownley 60's Heads family philanthropic yes yes organization Wilson 40's Business Executive yes 11. 3 . -Hammond:!: 50's President of major fi rm yes Martin 60's Corporate Law yes yes Miles 60's Chairman of Board yes yes of major bank Howe 30's President of small fi rm yes -Atherton 50's President of large firm yes yes Wright 70's President of large fir m yes yes Lane 50's President of old major firm yes yes 156 Appendix A Copyrighted Material Children in Upper Class Upper Class Upper Class Number of Junior Other Elite Recreation Girls Schools Girls Schools Boys Schools Children League ClubS> Assembly' (SeIj)' (Daughters) (Sons) 3 yes yes n.a. yes (no daughters) yes (Garden) (sons only) n.a. yes yes yes (no daughters) yes (Garden) 2 yes yes yes yes (no daughters) yes (Garden) (daughters only) yes yes yes yes yes (no sons) (Garden) 3 yes yes n.a. yes yes (no sons) (Garden) 4 yes yes yes yes yes yes 2 yes yes yes yes yes (no sons) 3 yes yes yes yes yes yes 3 yes yes n.a. yes yes yes (Garden) 5 yes yes yes D .a. yes yes (Garden) 3 n.a. yes yes n.a. yes n .3. 4 yes n.a. yes n . 3 . (no daughters) yes 2 yes yes yes n.a. n.a. n.a. 2 yes n.a. yes n.a. yes yes 3 yes yes yes n.a. yes yes 4 n.a. n.a. yes n.a. yes (no sons) 5 yes yes yes n.a. yes n.a. 5 n.a. yes yes yes (no daughters) yes (Garden) 4 yes yes yes n.a. n.a. 0 .3. 3 yes yes yes n.a. (no daughters) yes yes n.a. (no daughters) yes none yes no children yes (no children) (no children) 3 yes yes yes n.a. yes yes Copyrighted Material 157 Description of Sample (cont.) Approximate Husband's Social Most Elite Name Age Occupation Register' Social Clubs' Farley 40's Heads family business yes yes Appleton 40's Business Executive yes yes -Crowell§ 30's Environmentalist (parents) Carpenter 50's Independent Business yes yes consultant -Nesbitt 60's President of major firm yes yes Carnes 30's Business Executive yes yes Langdon 40's Heads family firm yes Chambers 40's Heads own investment firm yes yes Cooper 40's Heads wife's family's firm yes Haines 30's Corporate Law (parents-in-law) yes Garson late 70's (widow) yes yes C larke 30's Partner family law firm yes yes Hughes 50's Chairman of Board yes yes of old major firm n.a. = not available - = negacive instance • = newcomer 'These three critena for membership in the upper class were established by G. William Domhoff in The Higher Circles. I have purposely not used criteria related only to husband's characteristics, since it is the women's class and class origins that are ofconcern here. Domhoffconsiders the only one ofthe three criteria to be suffiaent to establish class membership. 'In addition to the two soaal clubs Domhofflists as bemg sufficient for upper-class memberslup in thIS ciry, he refers to a list of clubs compiled by Lucy Kaveler (1960). He considers membership in these clubs to be sufficient if membership IS compounded by one's father being a millionaire entrepreneur or a SI00,OOO executive or corporation lawyer (Domhoff, 1970, p. 26). Those subjects In my sample who belong to the "secondary" club (of which there is one in this city) are asterisked here. These women may belong to other clubs as...