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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.
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.
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 ...
28. Okt. 2018 · She was an owner and founder of a private practice in Washington D.C, where according to the Boston Globe she specialized in treating victims of sexual abuse. Dorothy Payne Whitney in 1915. Coming from a family inclined towards writing and art, Dorothy was exposed to it from early age.
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight 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.
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.
