Marjorie Merriweather Post, whose D.C. home became Hillwood Estate ... In “Treasures of the Sea,” women and children harvest pearls, corals and shells — all substances employed in the ...

Marjorie Merriweather Post was an heiress to the Postum Cereal ... Barnum & Bailey circus in 1929 to perform for underprivileged children for a charity fundraiser. It was important to her that ...

The film Forrest Gump was inspired by the life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, at least it was if you ask author Allison Pataki. Pataki is the daughter of former New York Gov. George Pataki.

Many know Marjorie Merriweather Post as the cereal heiress who commissioned ... which provided meals for 1,000 women and children from 1930 to 1935. In addition, Post volunteered to ring a bell ...