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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. Mai 2018 · At the age of 20, she became president of the Junior League of New York (1907 – 1909), where she introduced formal training for its members and was also the driving force behind the Junior League Hotel, a new model of cooperative housing for women.
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 7, 1911 (died in 1919); married ...
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.
28. Okt. 2018 · Dorothy was named after her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, who was known as a philanthropist and social activist. Her father, Michael Whitney Straight, was a novelist and patron of the arts — and interestingly a spy for the notorious KGB.
Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst was born Dorothy Payne Whitney in Washington, United States of America on 23 Jan 1887. Her father, William Collins Whitney,was a well-known financier, statesman and connoisseur of the arts, and her mother, Flora Payne, was from a wealthy family of social standing.
Whitney Willard Straight was born in New York on 6th November 1912, the son of Major Willard Straight (1880-1918), a diplomat specialising in the Far East, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887-1968), one of the wealthy Whitney family.
