America’s richest woman, Mrs. Hetty Green, is like the majority of
wealthy persons, not only able to keep, but to increase her riches.
Her genius for finance is admittedly equal to that possessed by any of
those individuals whose names are identified with vast and progressive
wealth. She was born November 21, 1835, in New Bedford, Mass., her
maiden name being Hetty Howland Robinson. Not long after her birth her
father, Edward Mott Robinson, died, leaving her a large fortune. She
was educated at the Mrs. Lowell’s school in Boston. In 1876 she married
E. H. Green, of New York City. From thence on she began that financial
career which has made her famous. Mrs. Green is said to be interested
in nearly every large corporation all over the world. She also has
large real estate holdings in a number of cities in this country, and
is interested in many enterprises of a general nature. She personally
manages her business affairs, and is a familiar figure in Wall Street,
and “downtown” New York. Her formula for getting rich is that “Economy
is the secret of making money.”