Big Four (debutantes)

The Big Four were a quartet of debutantes in the Chicago social scene during World War I who viewed themselves as "the four most attractive and socially desirable young women in Chicago."[1] The quartet consisted of Ginevra King, Edith Cummings, Courtney Letts, and Margaret Carry.[2][3] The Big Four—a name they coined and bestowed upon themselves—were the preeminent socialites of their era, and each wore a rose-gold pinkie ring with phrase, "The Big Four 1914," engraved on the inner band.[3]

  1. ^ Diamond 2012; Corrigan 2014, p. 59; Rothman 2012, p. K12.
  2. ^ Bleil 2008, p. 32; West 2005, pp. 8–9; Diamond 2012.
  3. ^ a b Rothman 2012, p. K12.