Alice Olin Dows
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- Tracy "Pup" Dows
Alice Olin Dows | |
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 Mrs. Tracy Dows and Mrs. Richard Aldrich, 1928. | |
| Born | April 9, 1881 |
| Died | August 31, 1963 (aged 82) |
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| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Stephen Henry Olin Alice Wadsworth Barlow |
| Relatives | Stephen Olin (grandfather) Julia Lynch Olin (sister) |
Alice Townsend Dows (née Alice Townsend Olin) (April 9, 1881 – August 31, 1963) was an American socialite and poet.
Alice Townsend Olin was born on April 9, 1881. She was the eldest child of Stephen Henry Olin (1847–1925), the acting President of Wesleyan University from 1922 to 1923,[1] and Alice Wadsworth "Elsie" (née Barlow) Olin (1853–1882).[2]
Her younger sister was author and Baháʼí Julia Lynch Olin who married twice, including to former Lieutenant Governor of New York Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.[3]
After her mother's death in 1882 at the age of 29,[4] her father remarried to Emeline Harriman, the former wife of William Earl Dodge III, in 1903.[5] Emeline was the daughter of Oliver Harriman and the sister of Anne Harriman Vanderbilt, Oliver Harriman, Jr., J. Borden Harriman, and Herbert M. Harriman.[5]
Her maternal grandparents were Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow[6] and Alice Cornell (née Townsend) Barlow. Her uncle was New York City Magistrate Peter Townsend Barlow.[7]
Her paternal grandparents were Julia Matilda Lynch Olin and Rev. Dr. Stephen Olin,[2] 2nd President of Wesleyan University and the son of Henry Olin, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont.[8][9]
Career
Alice was known as a prominent Hudson Valley socialite and poet. She was a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt,[10] Gore Vidal,[11] and Margaret Chanler Aldrich (the sister of her brother-in-law Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler).[12]
