heiress
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Eli Frankel, by contrast, reaches what he argues is a definite conclusion in “Sisters in Death: The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Last year, Fortune India magazine referred to her as "Heiress on Duty" at Reliance, ranking her as the 21st most powerful woman in India.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022
Heiress to a significant territory, she first wed the king of France, and then, when the marriage was annulled in 1152, remarried Henry Plantagenet two months later.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021
She wrote openly in her essay "My Life As An Heiress" about writing the film for the money, and would later blanche at the idea that she might one day become "some queen of romance."
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2021
Heiress to the island, the fortune, and the expectations.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
