Evelyn Nesbit was a 20th-Century Helen of Troy. Considered the most beautiful woman in America, Nesbit was taken from her ...

A new mural in NoMad pays homage to the neighborhood’s past and the Gilded Age’s most infamous beauty, Evelyn Nesbit, who captivated New York City at the turn of the last century. Commissioned by the ...

Evelyn Nesbit was arguably the twentieth century’s first major celebrity. Before her 21st birthday, the model and girl-about-town found herself at the center of a love triangle that ended in 1906 with ...

The publication of “The Girl on the Velvet Swing” comes at a time when sexual harassment is being taken seriously and punished in a way never seen before. Everyday women are speaking out, telling the ...

What it’s about: The best-known face of the 20th century’s first decade. Nesbit was famous as a ubiquitous model-turned-actress, and then infamous as the central figure in a sensational murder case, ...

In this interview, Paula Uruburu, associate professor and chair of the English department at Hofstra University, describes Nesbit, White, Thaw, and the murder of the century. Her research into the ...

Imagine the following scenario: a beautiful young girl rises from humble beginnings to become the most recognizable model in New York City. She has an affair with a married man 30 years her senior.

Already it was The Trial Of The Century, and the century was only a few years old. In the first week of 1908, Harry Thaw, millionaire playboy, heir to a vast Pittsburgh railway fortune, loving husband ...

In 1901, the lovely 16-year-old model and actress Evelyn Nesbit became the mistress of wealthy New York architect Stanford White. Evelyn was forced into an intimate relationship with White after he ...

Evelyn Nesbit, the former actress and model, was featured in an online advertisement that promised: "Historical Wild West photos - Discretion Advised." The ad was placed by a website named Bon Voyaged ...