NEW YORK – Christiane McCabe has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology. She has been a research fellow in the Arctic. She has taught math and science in Micronesia. “Not your stereotypical ...

Each year, the scions of worldwide leaders and leading cultural figures make their official societal debut. Although often regarded as an antiquated practice, debutante balls, or “cotillion,” have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The debutante ritual flourished roughly from 1780 to 1914—beginning with the first debutante ball in London and ending with the ...

It’s no secret we Southerners love traditions, especially those that become a rite of passage for each generation to participate in. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that two well-known coming-of-age ...

National Black Debutante Database documents century-old tradition of presenting young women to society.

The girls wait for two or three hours to be introduced. The reason they’re sitting on the ground is because there weren’t any chairs in the waiting room’ ...

Apple Martin’s society debut has the internet abuzz. No, that’s not a covert way of saying she’s auditioning for Bridgerton. The 20-year-old daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin attended the ...

Ellie Kemper is publicly apologizing for participating in a debutante ball hosted by an organization with an "unquestionably racist, sexist, and elitist past" when she was a teenager. "When I was 19 ...

Debutante meaning: The word 'debutante,' meaning a young woman formally introduced to society, retains its historical significance. Originating from French, the term describes a rite of passage, often ...

A ritual of the 1 percent endures in Manhattan. Credit... Supported by By James Barron Photographs and Video by Elizabeth D. Herman Christiane McCabe has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology.