[1][5] The family lived at 21 West 34th Street in Manhattan and travelled to Europe, where they kept apartments in Paris and London.

[5] In 1895, she began attending classes in New York City that were being taught by the Hindu monk and philosopher Swami Vivekananda.

[3][12] She spent part of each year in Europe, where she maintained a house on Bruton Street in London and an apartment in Paris, throwing lavish parties.

[16] On July 23, 1906, Leggett and her sister attended a dinner at the Holdts Hotel in Bergen for King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway.

As a member of a prominent family, both by birth and by marriage, she was included in the Social Register.