Attractive French Woman Deported after Ten Years in America - 1911

Introduction

The article "Attractive French Woman Deported," published on April 15, 1911, tells the story of a French woman who was deported from the United States under controversial circumstances. The narrative highlights the intersection of immigration laws, social perceptions, and the personal challenges faced by individuals who found themselves on the wrong side of immigration policies in the early 20th century.

While an Actual Photograph of the Woman in Question May Exist, We Suspect She was as Attractive as this French Woman circa 1910. GGA Image ID # 2196197ce3

Woman Who Has $105,000 Offers $10,000 for a Husband.

Ten Years Here; Deported.

Interest was aroused yesterday at Ellis Island by the appearance in the deportation pen of a tall, attractive-looking French woman. She wore a smart tailor-made blue serge costume and a large black picture hat trimmed with white velvet and covered with ostrich plumes, which she said cost $150.

The woman was Annie Gold, who was arrested in Portland, Oregon, after being ten years in the country and ordered deported at the expense of the Government as an undesirable alien for keeping a disorderly resort in that city. Annie Gold told detectives who arrested her that she had $55,000 in cash and about $50,000 in jewels and that she would pay $10,000 down in cash to any citizen of the United States who would marry her so that she would not have to be sent back to Europe.

In view of the excitement her offer created at Ellis Island, she will be guarded by a matron and two deportation officers until she sails today on the Hamburg America Liner Pretoria.

219 Undesirable Aliens, Identified as Threats to National Security, to be Deported Today

Today, a significant operation is underway as 219 undesirable aliens are set to be deported. This mass deportation, the largest of the year, is spread across ten steamships sailing for a variety of European ports. The Duca d'Aosta, destined for Naples, leads the pack with 85 deportees, followed by the Philadelphia with 23, and the Sant Anna with 21. The sheer scale of this operation, which required deportation officers to work tirelessly from 5 A.M. yesterday until 11:30 P.M. last night, is a testament to the magnitude of this event.

This article was published in the New York Times and other newspapers on 15 April 1911 (Wire service not identified).

Notes:

• Annie Gold's Cash on Hand: $55,000.00 from 1911 is worth $1,820,000.00 in 2023 using the Consumer Price Index.
• Annie Gold's Jewelry: $50,000.00 from 1911 is worth $1,650,000.00 in 2023 using the Consumer Price Index.
• Annie Gold's Offer for a Husband: $10,000.00 from 1911 is worth $331,000.00 in 2023 using the Consumer Price Index.

Source: Samuel H. Williamson, "Six Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.S. Dollar Amount, 1790 to Present," MeasuringWorth, 2024.