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The Woman Who Knew Everyone

The Power of Perle Mesta, Washington's Most Famous Hostess
  • Meryl Gordon
2025
Grand Central Publishing

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Perle Mesta laughing at a dinner party.
Book Review

Washington’s Hostess with the Mostes’

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on January 20, 2025
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