Mary Rutherfurd Jay | |
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 Jay in 1918 | |
| Born | Mary Rutherfurd Jay August 16, 1872 |
| Died | October 4, 1953 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Landscape architect |
| Relatives | Pierre Jay, brother |
Mary Rutherfurd Jay (1872–1953) was one of America's earliest landscape architects and an advocate of horticultural education and careers for women.[1] The great-great granddaughter of American Founding Father John Jay,[2] she grew up in Rye, New York, surrounded by the gardens of her ancestral homestead at the Jay Estate in Westchester County overlooking Long Island Sound.[3][4][5] Her education was fostered by travel abroad with her mother and domestically through classes in design and horticulture taken at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Bussey Institute in Forest Hills, Massachusetts.
- ^ "Mary Rutherfurd Jay – Garden Architect" Exhibit Catalog, Jay Heritage Center, 2015
- ^ "Miss Mary Rutherfurd Jay, Garden Authority - Landscape Architect, 81, Who Wrote and Lectured, Dies - Descendant of Chief Justice". The New York Times. October 5, 1953.
- ^ "Jay Heritage Center".
- ^ Clary, Suzanne (October 6, 2014). "From a Peppercorn to a Path Through History". Upper East Side Magazine. No. 53. Weston Magazine Publishers. Retrieved May 14, 2017 – via issuu.
- ^ "New York: Jay Heritage Center (Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots)". Library of Congress.