词条 | Gladys Mills Phipps |
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| name = Gladys Mills Phipps | image = | birth_name= Gladys Livingston Mills | birth_date = June 19, 1883 | birth_place = Staatsburg, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|10|19|1883|6|19}} | death_place = Roslyn, New York | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Roslyn, New York, Palm Beach, Florida | education = | occupation = {{nowrap|Racehorse owner/breeder}} | known_for = "First Lady of The Turf" | party = | spouse = {{marriage|Henry Carnegie Phipps |1907|1953|reason=his death}} | children = Ogden, Barbara, Audrey, Sonia | parents = Ogden Mills Ruth T. Livingston | relations = Beatrice Mills (sister) Ogden L. Mills (brother) | boards = | religion = }} Gladys Livingston Mills Phipps (June 19, 1883 - October 19, 1970) was a United States socialite, sportsperson, and a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who began the Phipps family dynasty in American horse racing. She was known as the "first lady of the turf".[1][2] Early lifeShe was born in New York on June 19, 1883 to Ruth Livingston (1855–1920)[1] and Ogden Mills (1856–1929).[2] She had a twin sister, Beatrice, Countess Granard (1883–1972),[3] and a brother, Ogden Livingston Mills (1884–1937) who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury.[4] CareerThis sportswoman was an avid ice skater and an excellent golfer; she won a number of tournaments, including a match play championship at the Newport, Rhode Island gold course in which she beat her male counterparts.[5][6] She was, however, first and foremost a lover of horses. Her father had owned racing stables in the United States and in France. Her twin, Beatrice, would inherit the French stable and become a leading owner in that country. Gladys Phipps became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred racing in 1926, when she and her brother Ogden L. Mills established the highly successful Wheatley Stable. Both of her children became involved in Thoroughbred horse racing.[2] Personal lifeIn 1907, Gladys Mills married Henry Carnegie Phipps (1879–1953), son of the wealthy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania businessman, Henry Phipps. Together they had:
Gladys Mills Phipps died on October 19, 1970 in Roslyn, New York.[11][12] PhilanthropyFollowing her brother's death in 1937, Gladys Mills Phipps inherited their parents' mansion at Staatsburg, New York. In 1938, she gave the house and {{convert|192|acre|km2}} to the State of New York.[13] References1. ^{{cite news|title=MRS. OGDEN MILLS DIES IN PARIS HOME; New York Social Leader Who Was Noted for Her Aristocratic Gatherings.HUSBAND AT HER BEDSIDE Mother of Countess Granard, Mrs.H.C. Phipps and Ex-Senator O.L. Mills Was Ruth Livingston.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02E4DD1630E433A25757C1A9669D946195D6CF&legacy=true|accessdate=25 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 October 1920}} 2. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Ogden Mills Dies At His Home Here. Financier Is the Victim of Pneumonia After Three Weeks Illness. He Was 72 Years Old. Active in Many Philanthropies and Long a Leader in Social Affairs. A Native of California. Interested in Racing |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B13FE3F5A167A93CBAB178AD85F4D8285F9 |quote=Ogden Mills financier and father of Ogden L. Mills, Under-Secretary of the Treasury, died at 1:30 A.M. today at his home, 2 East Sixty-ninth Street, following an illness of more than three weeks. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 29, 1929 |accessdate=2013-12-18 }} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Lady Granard, Daughter Of Ogden Mills, Dies at 88|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/03/archives/lady-6ranard-daughter-of-ogden-mills-dies-at-88.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=3 February 1972|accessdate=18 December 2013}} 4. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Ogden Mills Dies Suddenly At 53. Former Secretary of Treasury Is Stricken by Heart Attack in His Home Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/12/archives/ogden-mills-dies-suddenly-at-53-former-secretary-of-treasury-is.html |quote=Ogden L. Mills, former Secretary of the Treasury and a Republican party leader often suggested as a possible Presidential nominee, died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack in his home at 2 East Sixtyninth Street. |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 12, 1937 |accessdate=2013-12-18 }} 5. ^{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E1DD173EE033A25756C1A96E9C946697D6CF | work=The New York Times | title=Miss Gladys Mills Golf Winner | date=August 15, 1907}} 6. ^{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CEFDC1039E733A25755C1A96E9C946197D6CF | work=The New York Times | title=The News Of Newport | date=August 16, 1900}} 7. ^Chris Korman, Maryland's Janney shuns limelight, even with Derby favorite Orb, The Baltimore Sun, May 01, 2013 8. ^{{cite news|title=Audrey P. Holden, 77, Active in Philanthropy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/14/obituaries/audrey-p-holden-77-active-in-philanthropy.html|accessdate=25 February 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 July 1992}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Sonia (Sunny) (Phipps) Countess of Seherr - Thoss|url=http://obits.arizonagravestones.org/view.php?id=12963|accessdate=25 February 2017|work=The Wickenburg Sun|date=June 21, 2006}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Seherr-Thoss, Hans Christoph (1912-1992)|url=http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/archon/?p=creators/creator&id=316|website=www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org|publisher=Litchfield Historical Society|accessdate=25 February 2017|language=en}} 11. ^1 2 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Racing World Mourns Death |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=84ZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QwUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3729,8097697&dq=henry+carnegie+phipps&hl=en |quote=... at her home in Roslyn on Long Island. |newspaper=Associated Press |date=October 20, 1970 |accessdate=2011-03-29 }} 12. ^1 {{cite news |author=Alden Whitman |agency= |title=Mrs. H.C. Phipps, Leader in Horse Racing, Dies; Wheatley Stable Owner, 87, Was Noted for Breeding of Winning Thoroughbreds |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A01EFD71731EE34BC4851DFB667838B669EDE |quote=Mrs. Gladys Mills Phipps, widow of Henry Carnegie Phipps and celebrated for many years as the First Lady of the Turf, died yesterday after a short illness at Spring Hill, her Westbury, L. I., estate. The New York and Palm Beach society leader and owner of Wheatley Stable was 87 years old. |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 20, 1970 |accessdate=2015-04-28 }} 13. ^http://www.hvnet.com/houses/mills/ External links
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