What was the relationship with Lizzie Borden and Nance O'Neil?

Answer 1

When Lizzie was younger, father and daughter seemed to have a relationship of mutual love and a guarded respect for each other. As Lizzie grew up and older and remained in her father's home instead of marrying and starting her own family, the house on 92 2nd Street became increasingly crowded. It was no secret to anyone who knew the Borden's that Andrew's 'girls' did not get on well with Abby, Andrew's second wife and Emma and Lizzie's stepmother. If fact Emma and Lizzie did not take meals with the elder Bordens, preferring to eat off a tray in their upstairs rooms. This is a significant situation considering the era in which they lived. The tension in the home was oppressive at times. By all accounts Lizzie was the favored daughter, possibly because she was too much like Andrew. Headstrong and willful, Lizzie may have done better out of her father's home but 19th century etiquette discouraged young ladies leaving their father's house unless married or in a convent. Lizzie did neither.