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Cushing sisters
Three 20th-century American socialites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cushing Sisters were three 20th-century American socialites.[1][2] They were the daughters of neurosurgeon Harvey Williams Cushing and his wife Katharine Stone Crowell:[3]
- Minnie Benedict Cushing (1906–1978), philanthropist and art collector.
- Betsey Cushing (1908–1998), philanthropist.
- Barbara 'Babe' Cushing (1915–1978), fashion editor and style celebrity.
The Cushing Sisters were raised by a mother who saw "marriage as a form of female self-expression", and always sought to achieve success through exceptional husbands.[4] None of them attended college.[5]
In 2000, Lifetime had started producing a movie about the sisters with Rita Wilson as executive producer. Lifetime saw it as "a sweeping piece. Their story covers the '40s, '50s and '60s in New York."[6]
The three daughters of Robert Warren Miller (Pia Getty, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Alexandra von Fürstenberg) were compared to the Cushing sisters by Vanity Fair.[7]
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Further reading
- Graftin, David (1 January 1992). The Sisters: Babe Mortimer Paley, Betsy Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor Fosburgh : The Lives and Times of the Fabulous Cushing Sisters. Villard Books.
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