Evalyn Walsh McLean

Evalyn Walsh McLean (August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress and socialite who was famous for being the last private owner of the  Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for $180,000 (nowadays is equal to $4,000,000) from Pierre Cartier) as well as another famous diamond, the Star of the East. She also was the author, with Boyden Sparkes, of a memoir, Father Struck It Rich.