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Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was also co-founder and majority owner of Major League Baseball 's New York Mets baseball franchise, and was the first woman to own ...
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Joan Whitney Payson war eine amerikanische Unternehmerin, Kunstsammlerin, Mäzenin. Als Miterbin eines der größten amerikanischen Vermögen stiftete sie finanzielle Mittel für Bildung, Gesundheitsfürsorge und Kultur. Sie unterhielt gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder eine erfolgreiche Pferdezucht und war Mitbegründerin und ...
5. Okt. 1975 · Joan Whitney Payson, who devoted her life to civic causes, racing stables and her beloved New York Mets, died yesterday morning at New York Hospital. She was 72 years old.
8. Jan. 2012 · Learn about Joan Payson, the third woman to own a major-league baseball club and the first to buy the New York Mets in 1962. Discover her family background, passion for sports, and philanthropic legacy.
16. März 2024 · Long before Kim Ng became the first woman to be a general manager in Major League Baseball, Payson was the principal owner of the Mets -- starting in 1962, the team’s inaugural season, until her death in '75 at the age of 72.
2. Nov. 2007 · For her 16th birthday, Joan Whitney Payson asked her father for a present that was not so unusual for a girl of her age: a picture of some girls riding on their ponies, jumping over a hedge.
Unpretentious, generous, and one of the world's wealthiest women, Joan Whitney Payson was the granddaughter of W.C. Whitney, a New York streetcar magnate who served as secretary of the navy under President Grover Cleveland.
