New England Brahmin

E172800

New England Brahmin refers to a traditional elite social class in New England, historically characterized by wealth, education, cultural influence, and often old Anglo-American Protestant lineage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elite
social class
upper class
associatedWithConcept WASP elite
Yankee aristocracy
linked to: New England Brahmin

old American elite
associatedWithEthnicity Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons

English American
associatedWithInstitution Boston Brahmin families
Harvard University
Ivy League
Yale University
associatedWithRegion Back Bay
Beacon Hill
Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
associatedWithReligion Congregationalism
Protestantism
Unitarianism
country United States
emergedInCentury 19th century
flourishedInCentury 19th century
early 20th century
hasCharacteristic Anglo-American Protestant lineage
Protestant ethic
WASP
Yankee heritage
culturally influential
high educational attainment
old money
philanthropic tradition
politically influential
reserved manners
sense of civic duty
socially prominent
wealthy
well educated
influencedDomain American education
American literature
American politics
business
philanthropy
knownFor attendance at elite prep schools
influence in New England cultural institutions
interlocking family networks
membership in exclusive clubs
locatedIn New England
nameDerivedFrom Brahmin caste in Hinduism
termUsedSince 19th century

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Charles Appleton Longfellow hasHeritage New England Brahmin
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow hasHeritage New England Brahmin
Alice Mary Longfellow heritage New England Brahmin
Henry Lee Higginson heritage New England Brahmin
Lowell family socialClass Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Frederick Tudor partOf New England merchant class
linked to: New England Brahmin
Abbott Lawrence socialClass Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Samuel Phillips Jr. heritage New England colonial elite
linked to: New England Brahmin
Lyman family connectedTo Boston Brahmin families
linked to: New England Brahmin
Lyman family partOf New England upper class
linked to: New England Brahmin
John Moors Cabot socialClass Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Charles Eliot heritage New England Brahmin
Ogden Codman Jr. familyBackground Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Boston art community associatedWithPatron Boston Brahmin families
linked to: New England Brahmin
Elizabeth Shaw Melville socialClass Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell associatedWith Boston Brahmin society
linked to: New England Brahmin
Edmund Quincy socialClass New England gentry
linked to: New England Brahmin
New England Brahmin associatedWithConcept Yankee aristocracy
linked to: New England Brahmin
Thomas Gold Appleton memberOf Boston Brahmin
linked to: New England Brahmin
Percival Lowell heritage New England elite family
linked to: New England Brahmin
George Cabot partOf New England political elite
linked to: New England Brahmin
Allerton family partOf New England colonial elite
linked to: New England Brahmin
Deborah Lothrop Gardiner memberOf New England colonial elite
linked to: New England Brahmin
Quincy estate in Massachusetts associatedWith New England gentry
linked to: New England Brahmin