As several viewers have noted, I misused the word “spendthrift” in the introduction. It means literally the opposite of what I say. I apologize for the error.

@tougakun

2 жыл бұрын

Love the History Kitten appearance.

@stevenjlovelace

2 жыл бұрын

I never use that word, because I can never remember what it means.

@christineparis5607

2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to know you're a mortal like the rest of us. A mistake now and then adds a piquant flavor to character, as the French say...

@robbiekipping1124

2 жыл бұрын

She definitely was not spendthrift.

@northhankspin

2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel! cute cat

"God has been kind to me, so why shouldn't I be kind to others?" -- Hetty Green

@mkendallpk4321

2 жыл бұрын

That attitude makes her more an angel than a witch! RIP Hetty Green as you have earned it.

@rabbi120348

2 жыл бұрын

"And you shall walk in His ways." As He is merciful, so should you be merciful... Talmud

@eliscanfield3913

2 жыл бұрын

I still can't get over how she didn't have her kid's leg looked at properly

@DaneOrschlovsky

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliscanfield3913 same here. Apparently they don't just grow back, who knew?

@gregoryballestero4369

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliscanfield3913 lol when I was a kid one of my friends had a big family like 8 kids total the father was a cop my friend cracked his head opened when he got to his dad he cleaned the cut and super glued that shit closed when I saw him the next day I said wow I'm surprised you didn't need stitches and he told me that story I was laughing my ass off this was like sometime between 98-03 I think

As usual unlike most of KZread I feel smarter an a little less angry after seeing your content. Thanks.

@marysue7165

10 ай бұрын

Ahh, thanks?

Oh I love your cat! Look how laidback (s)he is. Looks like quite the snuggle bunny. Oh and thanks for today’s lesson!

@whalesong999

2 жыл бұрын

Serene kitty, no way to ignore that bundle of fur wrapped around love.

@douglasmfunk1691

Жыл бұрын

and that look about forty seconds in: "are you STILL talking?" lol

To be quiet on charity is how I was raised. Bragging on such things is self-aggrandizing PR, and in strong contrast to being charitable. Thank you for this biography.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@Sam LaVerne As the Lord said, it will be seen as bragging. Plus those receiving may nor wish for it to be known.

Her son, who ran the Texas Midland Railroad, had a private railroad car that has been on display in the city park in Terrell, Tx for decades.

@revere0311

2 жыл бұрын

He also helped keep one of the last whaling ships for a posterity’s sake

I appreciate that you ended on a positive note about Hetty. Most Quakers have a reputation of being kind. The world will never speak well of someone who was quiet, never ostentatious, and responsible. Good story sir.

@ariochiv

2 жыл бұрын

Her son's amputated leg doesn't agree.

@csonkaperdido

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt her son would agree.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@@ariochiv As a mother, I bet she regretted that decision the rest of her life. That would be something terrible to live with the rest of your life. I have some regrets about my fathering raising my children. Some of them hurt bad till today. I cannot believe how a slip like that would nag at your heart the rest of your life.

@Farweasel

2 жыл бұрын

​@@csonkaperdido Of course he'd disagree. With an inheritance equivalent to billion dollars He wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Sorry. Sorry. Yes, I konw I know I'm a bad person. I'll get my coat. (Still be sniggering when I leave 'tho)

My Grandmother once told me that on her street there were 7 millionaires out of 20 houses. She asked me to guess which ones, I missed them all. None had the biggest and best houses or cars. She knew, because she collected donations for her various charities, and the millionaires always donated generously, the others not so much. During the banking crisis of the 80s, all but one of the big expensive houses on the street were foreclosed on. My Father told me that when he was growing up the local grocery store was owned by an angry man who was always yelling at poor kids for reading the comic books and not buying any. My Grandfather, was the High School Principal. One day after seeing the store owner yell at a recent graduate, told my Dad that he always found it funny how the man who seemed to hate all the kids in town, for twenty years, had given anonymously a full College Scholarship to a graduate every year. Including the kid he had just yelled at.

@AdamBechtol

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@jamest.5001

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the grouchy angery ppl, are that way because they care, not because they do not! I think I may end up a old grouch, sometimes !

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

It is fun to talk to someone who depends on tips about who are the people that are the best and worst tippers. Such an eye opener.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@@beadyeye2312 I have ridden motorcycles most of my life. Several times I stopped in a place to eat that had some rather well dressed and prepped people in the place, and I felt rather out of place. But being hungry, I sat down and and ate. The waitress and other servers would stoo by and chat from time to time. I felt like royality the way I was treated, so I left a good tip. And I told them how I felt well treated, considering being dressed for a motorcycle ride and not snazzy like the rest. I was told that I had treated and tipped better than all the professional dressed people. They told me that was the way it was all the time. The common folk interact with the servers and tip well. And the others, not so much. I guess only us that sweat for our pay appreciate the effort. Thanks for the reply.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@@beadyeye2312 How right you are! Those early jobs are great preparing experiences indeed. And I am glad my sons were able to experience working and budgeting their moneys while young. They were ready to embark o into the world. Just a good jump start at life.

Thank you for representing more than just one side of this fascinating woman.

@frankallen42

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing??

@otoepony5813

2 жыл бұрын

I don't recall every hearing anything nice about Hetty Green until viewing this video. She was barely mentioned during my public school days and the things taught were filled with negativity. Heartwarming to know she was actually generous with her wealth not to mention she didn't brag about her generosity.

I recall the first time I heard about Hetty Green. It stuck with me that when she was in her final illness, her son hired nurses to care for her but had them pretend to be ordinary maids for fear she would fire them because of the cost. This was not a paranoid fear, as she had delayed getting him treated looking for a free hospital and the delay cost him a leg.

It is interesting to see how the press even in years past still tried to construe a narrative about people, opposite to what they may have been.

@arrow1414

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I have to agree with most of the press she was an odd even unfeeling miser, especially when she didn't pay the boy's medical bills.

@tiggerib5536

2 жыл бұрын

@@arrow1414 It is possible; however, that is only myth that can't be truly verified as being a stated fact. History often has stories being attributed to people, that they never did. Either to embellish said person's triumph's or their ill-naturedness.

@5000rgb

2 жыл бұрын

I think the late 1800s were the peak of yellow journalism although current trends concern me.

She sounds like an intelligent, fair and reserved woman who made a lot of money through her own hard work and determination. I might not agree with her stance on spending money, but the acts of generosity towards supporting causes she believed in, and doing so privately, earns an awful lot of respect in my books. Thanks for sharing this great biography with us

Many many decades from now, there will be a channel called "The History Guy, a man who deserves to be remember"

Buy low, sell high and don't borrow money. Still the best way to build wealth.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

It is surprising how many sell low and buy high.

@grease58

2 жыл бұрын

AND pay off your loans asap. We played our own version of "misers" for the last 10 years, but we were able to payoff almost ALL 2 mortgages and stockplie cash while investing. Hetty- YOU did it right!

@christinebenson518

2 жыл бұрын

That's the take away from Trading Places. That and don't screw over a smart man.

@monkeygraborange

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinebenson518 ...and don’t put your Kools out on the carpet, especially if it’s from Persia!

@be6715

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Hard to time the market!

Who hasn't seen the Guinness World Record Book with the picture of Hetty Green and their hideous description her? Outstanding as usual, THG gives a better recounting of the woman who had the temerity to enter a man's world in those times.

@Topknot60

2 жыл бұрын

A woman who was "down on new woman fads". Someone who collected all the money she had earned or been given and opened a bank account with it _at the age of eight_ , an age not known for "the temerity to enter a man's world". Imposing the preoccupations of one's own era onto another and the people in it is anachronism and a barrier to historical knowledge and understanding.

@georgemckenna462

2 жыл бұрын

@@Topknot60There is very little that is new under the sun. You may recall the fact that the women's suffrage movement was a "preoccupation" of that "era".

@gregoryballestero4369

2 жыл бұрын

@@Topknot60 I needed to know that word "anachronism" ty for that, now that would make CRT a form of anachronism right?

@gregoryballestero4369

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgemckenna462 there may not be much new under the sun but there is plenty of stuff not yet known/found understood on Earth (funny how auto correct capitalizes every planet accept Earth)

@payanyprice4710

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryballestero4369 No

I am from the region. I am now in New Bedford MA. I lived in Dartmouth as well not far from Colonel Green’s Estate. Mrs. Green is a local legend. A local hero to some, and a local Ebenezer Scrooge to others. She is an icon in our community, and, during whaling city festivals, it is now not uncommon to see several local thespians standing on corners in shabby old clothes portraying her. She is part of our identity as a people.

“God has been good and kind to me so, why shouldn’t I be that way to others?” My! My! If we all lived that sentiment what a world this would be…

@ashkebora7262

2 жыл бұрын

Those who have not been treated kindly cannot live by this idiom. Though there are still ample reasons to try and reduce suffering in this world.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@@ashkebora7262 But many have over come bad times and because excellent giving people. It is all about what is in the heart.

@KenworthW900HG

2 жыл бұрын

Please don't let your relationship with the Spaghetti Monster guide your relationship with those around you. Cus if he has been a complete dick to you, which let's face it he has for a lot of people (Haitians recently being a classic example), that should not give you licence to be a complete dick unto others

@babboon5764

2 жыл бұрын

@@KenworthW900HG See, that's the difference between the Haitan mindset and the rational mindset. After the last major devastation of their home there were news shots of hundreds, maybe thousands, in an open air festival to give thanks to their deity for sparing them. Once you believe a deity has the power to save its a bit of a no brainer to impute who caused the problem in the first place or at the very least sat there doing nothing until it was mostly to late. At which juncture the smart money goes to the guys selling tckets for the grand 'You utterly callous bastard - You are a lame deity' concert. [I wonder how long it will be before this observation is culled 'in the interests of freedom of speach or whatever the zeitgeist platitude is?]

This women is my spirit animal. I know I'm a cheapskate, but she's Jedi master level!

@garycarpenter2980

Жыл бұрын

You think 🤔 she's a cheapskate.... you should've known my father he'd give Scrooge a run for his money 💸💰

Thank-you, I never believed she was as bad as portrayed....she was thrifty and had a good head...that she did not cause collapses and other people's suffering is in itself a good thing

@tainewalters2536

2 жыл бұрын

She refused to give her son medical treatment because it was too expensive despite being worth 4 billion and forged her aunts will to claim inheritance

I recall seeing her pic in the Guiness Book of World Records in the 70’s.

@thedungeondelver

2 жыл бұрын

Same! They branded her as the "stingiest woman in the world" citing some of the urban myths about her that THG touches on.

Her pic in the Guinness book of world records always creeped me out as a kid.

@pushslice

2 жыл бұрын

OMG glad I’m not the only one who’s had this haunting me for ~40 years

@erichusayn

2 жыл бұрын

@@pushslice hahahaha. Right. Support group meets Tuesdays at 6pm.

Thanks for "balancing" Hetty Green's legacy most of us are aware of, if we're even aware of Hetty Green.

@sherirobinson6867

2 жыл бұрын

At the turn of the century she was the wealthiest woman in the world

@jaysonlima9271

2 жыл бұрын

Having been raised in New Bedford the Greenes have left a large legacy, having libraries named after them (Howland Greene Library in New Bedfords South end) and a lexical legacy as well as going fishing off Round Hill Point will always and forever be "fishin off Col. Greene's"

When I was a kid the Guiness Book called her "the MEANEST woman." That word used to be synonymous with "miserly", but by then it just meant "mean." And they picked that scary pic of her that made her look like a witch. Glad to see the record set straight. She was just SMART, unpretentious, and in a era when women were chattel she was not going to be pushed around. Everything she was would have been considered a strength in a man. Most of the stories about her miserly ways are probably apocryphal.

@michigangeezer3950

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing her in Guinness in the mid 70s and it was "miserly" then.

@csonkaperdido

2 жыл бұрын

Her son's amputated leg told me that she was a rotten human who valued a dollar more than she valued her own sons health.

@5000rgb

2 жыл бұрын

@@csonkaperdido Yeah, she raised thriftiness to a pathology. I can admire her work ethic and smarts but her life sounded miserable.

@jaysonlima9271

2 жыл бұрын

@@csonkaperdido I was just going to say "say that to her sons right leg".... but you beat me to it.

@martinphilip8998

2 жыл бұрын

I read that too in childhood. Her son’s injury was not fully explained in the Record book. She DID show those men.

Harvey Korman: "It's not Hedy, it's Hedley."

@stevebengel1346

2 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing Harvey. PS, you were pretty good on Barney Miller 😂

@stevedietrich8936

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevebengel1346 That was Arthur. Unrelated. :) Barney Miller was funny as hell, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, and I forget the other names.

@robertgallion9845

2 жыл бұрын

"Where's Froggy! Where's my Froggy!" Thank you Steve for making me smile with that Blazing Saddles reference. :)

@jamesstorey2476

2 жыл бұрын

Mel Brooks said, decades later, he could never make "Blazing Saddles" today. For innumerable reasons, he's right, and that's probably too bad.

@catofthecastle1681

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianalynn6899 Don’t get the joke, huh? Why don’t trolls have a sense of humor? Harvey Korman is one of the funniest men in the world. In Blazing Saddles he played Hadley Lamar and the running joke throughout the movie was that everyone wanted to call him Hedy Lamar like the actress! Chill!

Just like my mother's first cousin and his wife. They were millionaires but wouldn't spend money on coats or shoes for their own daughters. I was a kid and mowed lawns and bought the girls clothes. He drove his car for 30 years til the door fell off on the freeway and then he bought another used car.

@quester09

2 жыл бұрын

@Altschauerberger Opferkult-Spiritist I hope you get the chance

@gregoryballestero4369

2 жыл бұрын

@Altschauerberger Opferkult-Spiritist Life Goals. Lol

@TheRealBrook1968

2 жыл бұрын

@Altschauerberger Opferkult-Spiritist lol please invest with a fringe party such as the libertarian party. Then you would mess with society in a positive way.

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

Grew up in the Midwest, and our area had some rich people. A couple of the well to do gents walked around in bib overalls and wore seed corn hats, and talked with the farmers and others on the street. Anyone from out of the area would never know.

@megancrager4397

Жыл бұрын

@Altschauerberger Opferkult-Spiritist I agree, but no coats for your kids though? That's extreme.

A little known fact. The corporation that did the most to "save the whales" was Standard Oil.

@jdk9673

2 жыл бұрын

And I just watched his episode about celluloid and the invention of plastics. Apparently plastics may have saved the elephants from extinction. What a strange world we live in.

Fascinating story. Until now, the only story I'd ever heard or read about Hetty was from Guinness Record books. Thanks for providing something other than the reprints of yesteryear's yellow journalism.

I was raised on a farm outside of Howland, Texas. It was named after Hettie Green's middle name. There was a railroad spur that was owned by her and later her son that had a depot in this little Texas town. The spur was later abandoned and so Howland dwindled to nothing. It once had a bank, post office, a school and several churches. It is a ghost town of probably 20 to 30 people today. Her son settled in Terrell, Texas where he got involved in Texas politics.

Paul Harvey would love this channel.

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

I take that as a high compliment.

@robertmoore1472

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Unlike you who strives for accuracy and issues corrections if you make a mistake, Paul Harvey never let the facts get in the way of a good story. His "rest of the story" episodes should always be taken with a few grains of salt.

When we played Monopoly in the 1950s, my father compared my mother to Hetty. They were born after her death, but she was still famous. In the 70s, Col. Green’s estate in Dartmouth was still visible from the New Bedford shore.

My dad has a quote that he often uses when people tell him that a single parent, even a father, can qualify for financial aid...."If I didn't earn it I don't need it." And knowing my grandparents I know where my dad gets this. Love the video

People nowadays focus on themselves, selfish and unwisely, refusing to learn from history. Pleasant, educational and relaxing video. Thank You.🧐

My wife loves the kitten !! We love your stories and histories. Thank you so much for continuing one of my best subjects in school.

As someone who is hard of hearing, many words are hard to grasp and understand. The volume is not a problem. Could you please have closed captions on your videos. I do look forward to them since I love history.

@the_mowron

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand why many YT channels have the closed captions turned off. YT's voice recognition works well and automatically captions the videos: if you turn it on.

@be6715

2 жыл бұрын

Click on the CC at the bottom of the screen, and you've have the closed captions show up. :)

@babboon5764

2 жыл бұрын

@@be6715 Eh? What?

Colonel E H Green is an interesting individual. He is well known to coin collectors for his extensive collection. He was one of the first owners of all 5 of the 1913 Liberty Head (V,) Nickels.

@xibungo71

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and how he acquired them could be another KZread video by the History Guy.

Nice to see History Cat in the intro!

This is the first time I've heard of her charity to others, thank you for a more complete history.

@Pfsif

2 жыл бұрын

Charity after your dead is buying a legacy. Should have be generous while she was alive.

@jamesrau100

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pfsif Perhaps you missed the parts where it was stated several times that she was generous to others during her lifetime?

@popefacto5945

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrau100 Giving to schools and hospitals is great (perhaps a pang of guilt over her avoidance of property taxes) but refinancing a mortgage so your debtor can continue making payments is pure self-interest. If they default, you lose that passive income until someone else comes along to buy the property. It's just good sense to keep them paying, even if it's a bit less than you'd initially agreed.

@gabrieljean-batiste2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@popefacto5945 Not really. You get to keep the money they've put in already, so an unscrupulous person would prefer not to refinance, take possession of the house, and sell it again for the full price.

@popefacto5945

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrieljean-batiste2006 Yes, really. I never said she was unscrupulous; just that refinancing served her interests at least as much as it did those of her debtors. You've clearly never owned (or tried to sell) real property.

Welcome History Cat!

Yay!! Mellow Cat is back!!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

She is a cuddler.

Videos like this, is why I love your channel so much Mr. & Mrs. History. An utterly fascinating tale that I’ve never heard of

The gilded age might have created many millionaires but it was also a time in history where more charity was given than any other time

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

Charity is perhaps overrated, and all too often overused as a way to whitewash one's own personal failings, sins and criminal behavior. It is better to create and propagate economic conditions that allow people to live decently and afford them some self respect and dignity. The robber barons of the gilded age and the current crop of them on Wall Street care nothing for the value or dignity of other human beings.

@cobramcjingleballs

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodun2974 You don't think people like Ford did? establishing higher wages and 5 day work week in factories to draw the best people? You've listened to too much propaganda.

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobramcjingleballs, Ford was an exception in this one regard which is paying people a good wage in order to retain employees and also so that they could hopefully be able to afford the products that came out of his factories. He was also a racist and anti-Semite, so so advancement and employment opportunities would be limited for Jews and people of color, and politically he tended towards fascism and was an admirer of Hitler and of staying out of World War II. And now you should attempt to name some other leading millionaires of the gilded age and early industrial age who treated their employees pay and benefits the same way that Ford did. It will be a very short list. The railroad and coal mining corporations and owners made a point of hiring corrupt cops and private detectives to beat people over the heads If they dared to advocate for better wages and safer working conditions, or attempted to form unions. The bosses even sometimes pressured government into using soldiers to quell union activity and worker unrest. That's not propaganda, it's verifiable history. (See the Matawan Massacre, and the Battle of Blair Mountain).

@christinebenson518

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodun2974 Every historical figure was a jerk. I just try to give the good things more weight than the bad. Henry Ford was all of those things, but I think revolutionizing the work week and wages is more important than being a fascist. Honestly many Americans were fascists then. Another great example is Martin Luther King Jr. He was a notorious womanizer and yet he was a wonderful civil rights leader. There are countless more examples of good people being bad and bad people being good. Fidel Castro started out helping Cuba by kicking out the mob, yet many don't remember that.

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinebenson518 , yes, and Castro gained political traction and revolutionary support in Cuba because of the corruption and brutality of the Batista regime, which was supported by American corporations and the American government, both of whom turned a blind eye to Mafia activity and political repression of Cubans by Batista's secret police. MLK'S affairs are between him and his wife, and his conscience. At least his public actions were aimed towards promoting dignity, economic justice and equal political/civil rights. If I was him and had a target on my back every single day and with subject to jailings and beatings, I can't say that I would be disciplined enough to avoid indulging in the immediate pleasures of the flesh with someone other than my wife if the opportunity arose. It might be a case like a soldier who says we should eat drink and be merry tonight, for tomorrow we could die.

Never heard about this lady. Please make more like this! Was extremely interesting, especially at a time that emulates today more than a lot of people realize. Great video

Seems like she did spend money....on others. There is record of her gracious generosity to charities. Her Quaker foundation taught her that charitable giving ought to be done in secret so as to not bring attention to oneself. So much so that your left hand shouldn’t know what your right hand is doing. Spending money on oneself in her view was perhaps considered to be self-indulgent. A character trait to be avoided at all costs.

@csonkaperdido

2 жыл бұрын

So not paying a Dr to treat a simple wound on her OWN SONS leg, and letting it get so bad he lost a leg? No. That's a horrible person. No amount of money is more important than family and health... Or your families health. I don't care if she loaned tons of people money - SHE MADE MONEY FROM THEM. Anyone who does that to thier son when they have all the money they could possibly ever want is a rotten, horrible person who deserves to burn in quaker hell.

@chrisoconor9314

2 жыл бұрын

@@csonkaperdido The point is: how well should we trust that story? Were you there?

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

@@csonkaperdido The way you keep bringing that up, do you have some unresolved problem in your life? That is a lot of hate to be carrying. Please let it go before it is too late.

@Farweasel

2 жыл бұрын

​@@csonkaperdido Sure sign of a dullard conflating unrelated points to pretend one justifies the other so you're possibly too dim to grasp this but: Interpolating from the rest of the information its probable she (a) Believed she had fixed her son's leg as well asa doctor (Not so unthinkable when you consider the standard of medicine practiced by many at the time) (b) Reckoned that if the Doctor couldn't be arsed to get there swiftly his standards were probably low anyway. As for the 'horror' of lending others money for profit You live in an advanced society, you are using technology to defame it, which are predicated on exactly that loans process. Its not sustainable to lend money to others without a return for doing so, otherwise your original money will be eroded, you'll no longer be able to help others help themselves by starting companies, buying machinery etc etc..

This is a great story! When a female was considered “property “ at the time, she proved she could not be owned! And didn’t need a man to manage her inheritance, she did very well managing it herself! She was incredible!

@Ratimir101

2 жыл бұрын

No female was never considered property in northern states

Henrietta Robinson Green has been my hero since I was a young woman. My Father told me her story. Since not a lot is known about her I gobble up what I can. Thank you for raising the interest in this magnificent woman.

It sounds to me that she was a practical woman who did the best she could in a mans world. While flawed, I think I would enjoy hanging out with her better than most of her contemporary wealthy individuals!

@ronfullerton3162

2 жыл бұрын

We are all flawed, and we have all made mistakes. That is life. All these people ratting on her, do you suppose are spotless and squeaky clean? I surely am not throwing the first stone!

Another magnificent presentation, HG. I, like most of us, I venture, never heard of Hetty Green. Thank you for bringing her story to us...

What a fascinating woman. Thank you for this one.

Her son commissioned special vehicles that he could drive with one leg. They would be what we call today hybrids with a gasoline engine powering a generator with an electric motor driving the car. The benefit is no transmission needed - just a throttle. The one I'm familiar with was produced in 1930 and is based on a 1929 Stearns Knight sedan body. Stearns made an upper class vehicle and folded in the Crash... its assets could be picked up for a song. Which I imagine is why Mr. Green selected this car.

@cwg9238

2 жыл бұрын

a whole new technology brought into existence by commission, because a scroogy mother created the circumstance to which he ultimately lost his leg

@payanyprice4710

2 жыл бұрын

@@cwg9238 She did not hurt her son.

@cwg9238

2 жыл бұрын

@@payanyprice4710 if i were too cheap to get my kid a doctor and their condition just got worse, while that is not DIRECT harm, it absolutely is immoral. full stop.

I just loved this story as well as the moral of the story. In the end, after her death she did many things that our ultra rich, billionaires, should follow. After all you can't take it with you.

I knew of Mrs. Green . As a miserly old woman. Thank you for setting this story straight .

No apology necessary. You are the light in today’s dark room where the misuse of grammar & limited vocabulary prevails. I enjoyed this history of Hetty & have friends very much similar.

I love that final quote, "God has been kind to me, why shouldn't I be good and kind to others." Where did you find it?

@657449

2 жыл бұрын

It is in the Bible in many variations.

@borandolph1267

2 жыл бұрын

@@657449 thanks! That sounds about right but do you know of a citation for when Hetty Green said it? If it was a biography or something I'd like to read it.

Never heard of this lady until today.what a fascinating person. Thanks THG another great video

There is an Native American philosophy that says any contributions to society should be done anonymously. Not only did she do great unacknowledged contributions, she also managed to distract from those contributions with her miser reputation; ironically, she invested that well too as most of us only know the Guinness version. Oddly, I think Hetty would like it that way...

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

It has been said that there is no end to the good that a man, or woman, can do if they don't care who gets the credit. Unfortunately most wealthy people who donate large sums of money do it with the proviso that they get their names inscribed on a plaque or the hospital wing gets named after them or some such. You could argue that the robber barons of the gilded age who funded large projects with their philanthropy in exchange for the naming rights were in fact the attention whores of their day.

@Dbikgiizis

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodun2974 That crowd is now known as the "robber barons", emphasis on robber

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dbikgiizis , I did specifically refer to them as "robber barons". I looked it up and the term comes from "Raubritters", "robber knights", medieval German lords who charged toll fees of questionable authority/ legality (unauthorized by the Holy Roman Emperor) to travelers and merchants using their primitive roads, especially along the Rhine where tolls were higher. The New York Times used "robber barons" as early as 1859 to refer to the business practice of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

The look your cat gives you when you disturb his nap by talking is priceless.

@bobthompson4319

2 жыл бұрын

Lol kitty looks tired .

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think she was tired, just happy to be held.

@garywagner2466

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel, cats don’t have to be tired to nap. I’ve learned to appreciate that philosophy.

The articles I read about her in college didn't do her justice. Thank you for showing us her many virtues. She was really a remarkable woman.

Thank you for adding some depth to the history of Hetty Green. I had heard of her but it was as a miser who took her injured son to a charity hospital. It is interesting to learn that she was compassionate to those less fortunate and gave to institutions like schools. I recommend an episode of the History Guy dealing with the Hall Heroult Process.

I love your channel! Thank you for shedding a more positive light on Hettie's life. I have read and watched so many negative comments about her that it's refreshing to hear something positive. She was certainly eccentric, but she lived without all the luxuries of her counterparts. I kind of admire her simplicity.

Brings his cat. I want to hear the history of the cat.

Oh, goodness, are you rocking her to sleep?!?! I was so entranced I missed everything you said and had to rewind lol!

Those Greenbacks would be a prized commodity right now!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel

2 жыл бұрын

In fact, US Dollars are, essentially, now the same as greenbacks.

@constipatedinsincity4424

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Even sone of them may have been devalued. But just the collector's value. You know she kept her $ in good condition probably in numerical order!

Her son, Edward Holland Robinson Green, was an avid tech geek and investor in such fields. His estate in Round Hill, MA had numerous structures and unique buildings. In 1931, Green would co-sponsor with MIT the Goodyear Blimp Mayflower to perform various tests with aerial radio communications. I first learned of Colonel E.H.R. Green, and subsequently Hetty, while researching the Goodyear blimp from my upcoming masters thesis. I’m glad there’s a video on the astounding figure that was her, and I hope to see one for her son a well sometime!

Great story we need more thinking like that today

History Guy, I love how you laughed after talking about the dyed chicken feathers. Cracked me right up.

Loved meeting the cat!

Remarkable woman, remarkable story, and wonderfully told.....so enjoyable!

That is a happy cat that loves to hear you talk.

@sashaconrad3939

2 жыл бұрын

Such a cute cat!

This story illustrates perfectly the dominant role of ENVY (usually disguised as moralizing) in shaping human society, culture and especially politics. I recommend Helmut Shoeck's "ENVY: A Theory of Social Behavior".

Excellent coverage of a little-known person; glad you mentioned the use of forensic analysis as this case was pivotal in accepting handwriting analysis by courts - whether that's a good thing or a bad one is a different discussion. The search for all the heirs of the Howland-Green estate is the subject of a book written by one of the attornies involved, a task that took over a decade as the money had to be distributed to the descendants on an ancestor of Hetty - I forget how many generations back was required - her great-grandparents perhaps and then from there all the living descendants had to be found before the disbursement could be made since, without an exact number of beneficiaries, it was impossible to divide the amount among the 400+ (I think) beneficiaries.

Thank You for posting.

I learn so much from your vlogs! Well done as always, THG.

What a lovely unexpected view! Thank you so much!

a miser holds on to money. A spendthrift throws it away on anything.

@goodun2974

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what I thought, spend through, Spendthrift did not seem to be the correct adjective to describe her financial habits.

@stephenphillip5656

2 жыл бұрын

Spendswift would be someone who spent their money.

Once again...you have surprised and delighted me with your historical research.

Awesome episode as usual!

Thank you for all of these videos they are awesome! I love how relaxed the kitty is.

Excellent episode Professor! I really enjoyed this one! Keep 'em coming!

Phenomenal history. I love your channel!!

Educational experience once again! Bravo History Guy!

Absolutely love this story !! Thanks. You made my day.

Another terrific episode. I really wish that you had been on TV when I was growing up, and could have learned so much, in such a fun way. Keep up the good work!

Sounds pretty skilled, and pretty sharp (besides the suspicion of physicians). A reminder to us to question our values now and then.

@Parktrizzle

2 жыл бұрын

Not listening to a doctor doesn't seem like an unreasonable stretch in the gilded age.

@AdamBechtol

2 жыл бұрын

@@Parktrizzle Heh, even today I would not misjudge a fellow for a healthy dose of skepticism to all trades, including medicine. The term malpractice exists for a reason.

Been really enjoying your stuff, I'm a history lover like yourself.... way more than I ever learned in school...

Nice video. Thanks for the upload.

Another good job! Well done, and Thank You!

As always, Sir: the stories I doubt I'll like are the always the ones I enjoy the most.

Brilliant start to my day.

Another great anecdote of history I had nearly forgotten about!

Thanks again for another informative video.

I am never sorry for using my time watching The History Guy. I always learn something.

Thanks for the great episode.

Wow. I’m so glad I watched this. This was awesome. Someone who gets it.

Amazing story !!! This should be so much more well known. Thank you for this amazing story. Bravo 👏

Very informative. Thanks.

I remember Hetty Green. This was good to learn her history, as there is not much known about her. She reminds me of Huguette Clark.

God has been very kind to me as well and....l am in my 80's now.....Thanks Mr THG....Awesome video made my day....!

She seems a pre-curser to Warren Buffett, with many similarities. Buffett has lived in the same house in Omaha he bought for $30,000 in the 50s and is famous for his investing strategy: “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” He also believes in cash, as his company, Berkshire Hathaway, currently has $150 billion sitting waiting for the market to cool and bargains to appear. Berkshire Hathaway, now a holding company with a stock price of $480,000, began as a failing textile mill Buffett bought on the cheap and began reshaping. It’s place of birth? Same as Heddy’s, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Thanks for sharing😊

God bless you and yours good sir! I honestly thank God for your channel. One of the greatest sources of history on the internet! Cheers! 👍🏻🇺🇸