Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October , â€" November , ) was an
American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the
masculine nom de plume Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order
to distance her society reputation from its sometimes erotic content,
but it soon became the name under which she presented herself for the
remainder of her life.Born to Charles May Oelrichs and Blanche de
Loosey, Blanche Oelrichs was the youngest of four children. Her
Austrian mother was the sister of Emilie de Loosey, wife of Theodore
Havemeyer. The family spent summers in Newport, Rhode Island, amidst
the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and numerous other wealthy elites of
American society during the Gilded Age.Her sister Natalie, always
known as Lily, married and divorced Heinrich Borwin, Duke of
Mecklenburg (son of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg), after the
premature death of her first husband Peter Martin of San Francisco.
Her brother, Charles de Loosey Oelrichs, was the father of Marjorie
Oelrichs, who was married to bandleader Eddy Duchin.Oelrichs was a
writer and an involved activist for women's suffrage. French portrait
artist Paul Helleu described Strange as the "most beautiful woman in
America."
American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the
masculine nom de plume Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order
to distance her society reputation from its sometimes erotic content,
but it soon became the name under which she presented herself for the
remainder of her life.Born to Charles May Oelrichs and Blanche de
Loosey, Blanche Oelrichs was the youngest of four children. Her
Austrian mother was the sister of Emilie de Loosey, wife of Theodore
Havemeyer. The family spent summers in Newport, Rhode Island, amidst
the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and numerous other wealthy elites of
American society during the Gilded Age.Her sister Natalie, always
known as Lily, married and divorced Heinrich Borwin, Duke of
Mecklenburg (son of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg), after the
premature death of her first husband Peter Martin of San Francisco.
Her brother, Charles de Loosey Oelrichs, was the father of Marjorie
Oelrichs, who was married to bandleader Eddy Duchin.Oelrichs was a
writer and an involved activist for women's suffrage. French portrait
artist Paul Helleu described Strange as the "most beautiful woman in
America."
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