Rebekah Harkness, who also went by Betty, was the previous owner of Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home and serves as the inspiration for the third track on her latest album ...

Taylor Swift and Rebekah Harkness. Getty Images (2) Taylor Swift’s connection to Rebekah Harkness has made headlines ever since her 2020 song “The Last Great American Dynasty.” And in honor ...

“Rebekah rode up on the afternoon train / It was sunny,” Taylor Swift croons in her new song “The Last Great American Dynasty.” In 3 minutes 51 seconds, Swift tells the story of Harkness ...

Taylor Swift’s home in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, which was previously owned by Rebekah Harkness. Carol Ann Mossa/Shutterstock. As Swift mentions, Harkness was also friendly with Salvador Dalí ...

Taylor Swift's song, 'the last great american dynasty" tells the story of 20th century American socialite Rebekah "Betty" Here, we explore who Rebekah was, why she captured Swift's attention, and ...

As Swift notes, she married Standard Oil heir William Hale Harkness in 1947, not long after her divorce from her first husband, Dickson W. Pierce (who himself was a descendant of the 14th ...

Taylor Swift tells the story of “The Last Great American Dynasty” in her Folklore track about one of the wealthiest women in America, Rebekah West Harkness.. Billboard found out more ...

After Rebekah Harkness died in 1982, her daughter Terry took her mother’s remains home in a Gristede’s shopping bag, according to a story in the New York Times. Or, at least, a leg, half of ...

As Rhode Islanders get ready for Fourth of July weekend, the same questions are on everyone's mind – where and when to catch ...

The song “the last great american dynasty” on Taylor Swift’s new album “folklore” was inspired by the eccentric life of Standard Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness. Swift purchased Harkness ...

Swift, in turn, scooped up Harkness' "Holiday House" in 2013 for around $17 million. Anyone still playing 2020 bingo check off "Taylor Swift writes a song to appease the ghost of an oil tycoon's ...