Edith Stuyvesant Dresser

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Edith Stuyvesant Dresser was an American socialite and philanthropist best known as the wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II and later as a prominent figure in managing and preserving the Biltmore Estate.

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Edith Stuyvesant Dresser canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
socialite ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Edith Stuyvesant Gerry ⓘ
Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Biltmore Company ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
birthDate 1873-01-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Newport, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
burialPlace St. Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ
child Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1958-12-21 ⓘ
deathPlace Providence, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Miss Porter’s School ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Dresser ⓘ
givenName Edith ⓘ
hasAncestry Stuyvesant family ⓘ
initiated opening parts of Biltmore Estate to the public ⓘ
knownFor being the wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II ⓘ
charitable activities in Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
leadership in preserving Biltmore Estate after her husband's death ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
managed Biltmore Estate finances after 1914 ⓘ
marriageEnd 1914-03-06 (widowed from George Washington Vanderbilt II) ⓘ
1927 (divorced from Peter Goelet Gerry) ⓘ
marriageStart 1898-06-01 (to George Washington Vanderbilt II) ⓘ
1925-10-22 (to Peter Goelet Gerry) ⓘ
memberOf Newport social elite ⓘ
notableWork management and preservation of the Biltmore Estate ⓘ
occupation estate manager ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus community welfare in western North Carolina ⓘ
education ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
relative Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Asheville, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
socialClass American upper class ⓘ
spouse George Washington Vanderbilt II ⓘ
Peter Goelet Gerry ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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George Washington Vanderbilt II → spouse → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt → mother → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt → onlyChildOf → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ
Dresser → usedBy → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ
Peter Goelet Gerry → spouse → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ
Edith Stuyvesant Gerry → birthName → Edith Stuyvesant Dresser ⓘ