Atlas Shrugged/Mrs. Nathaniel Taggart

The wife of Nathaniel Taggart is mentioned briefly in Section132 and in Section152. According to legend, Nathaniel Taggart put his wife up as collateral for a loan, with her consent. She was a beautiful, dignified southern lady from a good family, from which she was disinherited when she ran off with the Taggart, still a poor adventurer at the time. Her name was Dagny, and is Dagny Taggart's namesake.