The millionaire aristocrat who, after years of parties, luxuries and 10 children, ended her life in a cloistered convent

To be a good girl of the high society of San Francisco, aristocratic parties, trips on yachts in the Mediterranean … and end your days in a cloistered convent. It is the story of Ann Russell Miller, the social media estadounidense who has died at the age of 92 after a life of luxury (and some excesses) and who decided that the last part of his life he wanted to dedicate to Christian recollection and contemplation. “The first two-thirds of my life I dedicated to the world. The last third I dedicate to my soul.” was the phrase he addressed to his guests in 1989, when he gave the last big party, with 800 attendees, before hanging up the evening gown and wearing the habits.

Until then, her life will follow the same molds as any woman of the American upper class. Daughter of the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, married Richard Kendall Miller at age 20, another wealthy heir to a gas and electricity company. Together they had 10 children and, like good American aristocrats, they combined dolce vita with philanthropy. She alone served on 22 boards of nonprofit organizations at one time.

The charity did not take time to have a collection of shoes that had nothing to envy that of Imelda Marcos, according to one of his sons in a statement to San Francisco Chronicle, nor to rub shoulders with the highest echelons of the United States and be a personal friend of Nancy Reagan.