The Negative Side Of Fame Becomes Everyday Life For The Sisters
Since none of the other sister’s married, they filled much of their adult lives with relationship triangles and troubles. The sisters would often swap men, whether because they wanted to or it completed in secret. On top of this, the sisters started to turn on each other. Whether this was because of jealousy among each other, their love triangles, drugs, alcohol, or just because they were always around each other; daily fighting eventually became a routine in their lives.
In the early 1900s, the sisters were still selling their products well. However, they were not making as many trips around the United States of America. On top of this, the daily lives of the sisters came out into the world and soon they were not considered to be wholesome Christians like they once were. After Victoria’s death in 1902, Mary started to show signs of more mental health problems. Soon, the other sisters could no longer care of Mary, and she could not care for herself, so she was placed in a mental asylum.
Some people speculate that Mary was placed in a mental asylum because the other sisters grew tired of her and did not want to deal with her at all. On top of this, Isabella passed away in 1914. The next sister to die, Sarah, went five years later. Not too long after Sarah’s death, the remaining sisters decided to make one last trip together to Hollywood. They wanted to go to California to try to tell their story. Sadly, during their journey, the girls were in a car accident, killing Dora.
The Later Lives Of The Remaining Sisters
During the 1920s, the flapper became popular. These ladies not only wore dresses that were considered a bit scandalous but also short hair. Fortunately, for the remaining sisters, their hair products did not completely die down. People could still see ads for the Sutherland Sisters hair products well into the 1920s. However, over the next decade, the ads became less and less, and soon there were none printed. After this, production on all the Sutherland sisters’ hair products ceased, and they soon became regular members of society again.
Tragedy would strike the remaining two sisters’ lives again when their grand mansion burned to the ground in 1938. Because the girls did not save or invest their money wisely, Grace had very little after the fire. Mary died in the asylum the following year, in 1939. Grace would go on to live until the age of 92. She passed away in 1946 with very little to her name and no family. After her death, Graces’ new home became an unmarked grave.
Where did we find this stuff? Here are our sources:
“The Story of the Seven Sutherland Sisters.” Julien Matabuena, Lomography. April 2015.
“The traveling Sutherland Sisters: Seven women and 37 feet of hair between them.” Magda Origjanska, Vintage News. November 2017.
“Untangling the Tale of the Seven Sutherland Sisters and Their 37 Feet of Hair.” Lisa Hix, Collector’s Weekly. September 2013.