Helen Hay Whitney

Helen Hay Whitney
Whitney photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Born
Helen Julia Hay

(1875-03-11)March 11, 1875[1]
United States
DiedSeptember 24, 1944(1944-09-24) (aged 69)
New York City, United States
Occupations
  • Poet
  • author
  • racehorse owner/breeder
  • philanthropist
Political partyRepublican Party
Spouse
(m. 1902; died 1927)
ChildrenJoan Whitney Payson
John Hay Whitney
Parent(s)John Milton Hay
Clara Louise Stone
RelativesAmasa Stone (grandfather)
Flora Stone Mather (aunt)
HonorsU.S. Racing Hall of Fame
– Pillars of the Turf
(2019)

Helen Julia Hay Whitney (March 11, 1875 – September 24, 1944) was an American poet, writer, racehorse owner and breeder, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a member by marriage of the prominent Whitney family of New York.

  1. ^ John Taliaferro (May 27, 2014). All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt. Simon and Schuster. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-4165-9734-6.