Winifred E. Lefferts

Winifred E. Lefferts
Winifred Lefferts Arms, philanthropist
Born
Winifred Earl Lefferts

(1903-10-09)October 9, 1903
DiedNovember 16, 1995(1995-11-16) (aged 92)
EducationPratt Institute Art School
National Academy of Design
Tiffany Foundation
Known for
Spouses
  • Carleton Macy
    (married 1937–1949)
  • Robert A. Arms
    (married 1952–1971)

Winifred Earl Lefferts (October 9, 1903, Newtonville, Massachusetts – November 16, 1995, Blandford, Massachusetts), also known as Winifred Lefferts Arms, was a painter, designer and philanthropist. A member of the Lefferts family, early settlers of Brooklyn, she studied and exhibited art, and designed for New York book publishers prior to her 1937 marriage to Carleton Macy. Following her marriage to Robert A. Arms in 1952, she painted as Winifred L. Arms. After the death of her second husband, she became known for philanthropy and for founding a private residential treatment center in Carmel, New York, named Arms Acres.