Audrey Munson, the Tragic Story of America’s First Supermodel ~
~ Audrey Munson, the Tragic Story of America’s First Supermodel ~ Audrey Munson had a rough start in life. Her parents were what the Victorians called a mésalliance. Her father was Edgar Munson, a young man from a well-to-do and socially prominent Protestant family in upstate New York. His bride was Katherine “Kittie” Mahonie, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants. The social gulf between the couple was enormous. It would be interesting to know how they met and what sort of pressures they faced when they announced their intentions to marry, but about that, history is silent. They wed in 1885 and moved to Rochester, New York, where Edgar worked for a wealthy family as a driver, and Kittie worked as a domestic servant. The couple had one daughter, Audrey, born in 1891, but the marriage fell apart. History does not record what their problems were, but they must have been severe to even consider ending the marriage in that era. The couple divorced in 1899. Divorce wasn’t unheard of at ...