Born in Manhattan, Mrs. Burden attended the Nightingale Bamford School and studied at the Art Students League in New York. She was the widow of William A. M. Burden, a former diplomat, longtime president of the Museum of Modern Art and founder of the private investment firm of William A. M. Burden & Company, of which Mrs. Burden remained a limited partner. Mr. Burden died in 1984.
Although she was engaged in many charitable activities, her main interest was the Community Service Society. She became a trustee in 1937 and remained on the board as an honorary trustee.
She worked for many years with the International Council of the Young Women's Christian Association and the president's activities committee of the Museum of Modern Art, of which her husband was president in the 1950's and 1960's. She was the daughter of the sculptor William Ordway Partridge, whose stone Pieta sits in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the poet Margaret Livingston Partridge.
Although she was engaged in many charitable activities, her main interest was the Community Service Society. She became a trustee in 1937 and remained on the board as an honorary trustee.
She worked for many years with the International Council of the Young Women's Christian Association and the president's activities committee of the Museum of Modern Art, of which her husband was president in the 1950's and 1960's. She was the daughter of the sculptor William Ordway Partridge, whose stone Pieta sits in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the poet Margaret Livingston Partridge.
Born in Manhattan, Mrs. Burden attended the Nightingale Bamford School and studied at the Art Students League in New York. She was the widow of William A. M. Burden, a former diplomat, longtime president of the Museum of Modern Art and founder of the private investment firm of William A. M. Burden & Company, of which Mrs. Burden remained a limited partner. Mr. Burden died in 1984.
Although she was engaged in many charitable activities, her main interest was the Community Service Society. She became a trustee in 1937 and remained on the board as an honorary trustee.
She worked for many years with the International Council of the Young Women's Christian Association and the president's activities committee of the Museum of Modern Art, of which her husband was president in the 1950's and 1960's. She was the daughter of the sculptor William Ordway Partridge, whose stone Pieta sits in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the poet Margaret Livingston Partridge.
Although she was engaged in many charitable activities, her main interest was the Community Service Society. She became a trustee in 1937 and remained on the board as an honorary trustee.
She worked for many years with the International Council of the Young Women's Christian Association and the president's activities committee of the Museum of Modern Art, of which her husband was president in the 1950's and 1960's. She was the daughter of the sculptor William Ordway Partridge, whose stone Pieta sits in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the poet Margaret Livingston Partridge.
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