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Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member of the prominent Whitney family.
25 de may. de 2018 · Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight Elmhirst. Source: Junior League Archives. Straight ignored her husband’s advice and she transformed the New School from a provocative subject of discussion into a realizable dream by pledging $10,000 a year to the project for ten years.
Whitney, Dorothy Payne (1887–1968) American philanthropist . Name variations: Dorothy Straight; Dorothy Straight Elmhirst; Mrs. Willard Straight. Born in April 1887 in Washington, D.C.; died in 1968 in Devon, England; daughter of William Collins Whitney and Flora (Payne) Whitney (1843–1893); married Willard Dickerman Straight, on September ...
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight (born May 25, 1958, in Washington, D.C.) is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history.
queerplaces - Dorothy Whitney Straight. Dorothy Payne Whitney Elmhirst (January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member of the prominent Whitney family.
Dorothy Payne Elmhirst, née Whitney le 23 janvier 1887 à Washington ( États-Unis) et morte le 14 décembre 1968 à Dartington ( Royaume-Uni ), est une héritière et philanthrope américaine, membre de la famille Whitney . Biographie. Origines, études et engagements. Résidence de Dorothy Payne Whitney au 1130 de la Cinquième Avenue.
Dorothy Payne Whitney, daughter of William C. Whitney, a financier and secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland, married Willard Dickerman Straight in 1911. Straight died in 1919, and she married Leonard Knight Elmhirst in 1925.
