Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was a 1925 marriage annulment case between Kip Rhinelander and Alice Jones. Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander was an American socialite and a member of the …

Nov 20, 2024 · The Rhinelander family also turned to the law—specifically, the courts—to reassert the social order in an annulment case that captivated the nation between November …

4 days ago · Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

5 days ago · Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s origina.

Dec 9, 2024 · Edith Wharton, the Gilded Age author whose novels examined the social strictures of upper-class New York, never explicitly wrote that her elite peers didn’t marry “colored” …

Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was a 1925 annulment trial in the New York Supreme Court in which Leonard Kip Rhinelander, the 21-year-old son of a wealthy white real estate developer, sought …

However, the couple kept in contact through letters, as evidenced by letters produced at the trial, and when Leonard Rhinelander turned 21 years old, he returned to New York.