| Whitehouse, Mary Crocker Alexander | ||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||
| dates | 1896-1986 | |||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | Newport, RI; Tallahassee, FL; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Istanbul, Turkey; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Bogota, Colombia; | |||||||||
| sex | F | |||||||||
| history |
One of the first women elected to the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of art, a prominent figure in many civic and charitable activities, and an art collector. Miss Mary Crocker Alexander Whitehouse was a collector of paintings and French decorative art. She married the diplomat Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) in 1920. She and her husband were posted in were posted in diplomatic service to France, Spain, Turkey, Guatemala and Colombia. |
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| decades | 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 |
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| updated | 11/24/2025 10:11:50 | |||||||||
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