Helen Hay Whitney

Writer and Philanthropist

Female

Born 1876

Hometown United States

Died Sep 24, 1944

Death Place New York

Political Party Republican Party

Religion Episcopal Church ...

Helen Julia Hay Whitney was an American poet, writer, racehorse owner/breeder, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a member by marriage of the prominent Whitney family of New York.

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Payne Whitney
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Helen Hay Whitney

d.1944

parents

John Hay
Father, d.1905

children

John Hay Whitney
Son, d.1982
Joan Whitney Payson
Daughter, d.1975

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Wednesday On Tv: Pbs And Fx Take Wildly Different Approaches To 9/11 Salt Lake Tribune (Blog)
Google News - Sep 07, 2011

Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney - who went on to to produce, write and direct the two-part documentary "The Mormons" in 2007 - skillfully weaves together the stories of how people with wildly different outlooks on life coped with the tragedy
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Google News - Sep 06, 2011

Among the films appearing during the Commemoration is Helen Whitney's "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero," which appeared on PBS shortly after the attacks. Whitney's film, "Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate" was the opening documentary at the
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Dixie State College Army Rotc To Perform Special Flag Retirement Ceremony ... Kcsg
Google News - Sep 02, 2011

Then at 2:30PM, Helen Whitney's powerful film “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero” will be shown. Following the flag retirement at 6:30PM, the documentary film “Love Hate Love” will be shown. The tribute will then culminate with a special candlelight vigil
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The Art Of Remembrance Downtown Express
Google News - Aug 31, 2011

Barely a year had passed since the events of 9/11, when PBS “Frontline” producer Helen Whitney set out to probe that ancient, nagging question as to how a loving God could permit such death and destruction (and how our faith is tested by such things)
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1876 Birth Born in 1876.

TWENTIES

1902 26 Years Old In 1902 she married Payne Whitney with whom she had a daughter, Joan, and a son, John. … Read More

FIFTIES

1926 50 Years Old … The Whitneys also owned a estate in Manhasset, New York they called Greentree and she and her formed Greentree Stable that, under her management became a major force in Thoroughbred flat and steeplechase horse racing. http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2008/07/25/the-whitney-handicap-a-look-at-a-treasured-american-family.aspx Her horses won the American Grand National steeplechase in 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1937.

1931 55 Years Old In flat racing, her horses won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes in 1931 and 1942

LATE ADULTHOOD

1943 67 Years Old The beneficiary of a large fortune on the death of her husband, Helen Whitney provided substantial funding to various causes and institutions including the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University. http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=4454 In 1943, an ailing Helen Whitney and her daughter Joan created the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation which supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences. http://www.hhwf.org/.

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Helen Hay Whitney lived there until her death in 1944.

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