American fashion model, socialite and philanthropist. Gladys Pulitzer was born in New York City on May 31, 1928, the daughter of Gladys Mildred Munn and Herbert "Tony" Pulitzer, and a granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher and founder of the Pulitzer Prize. She grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. Pulitzer was educated at Palm Beach Day School and the Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Virginia, and earned an associate of arts degree from Finch College, New York. In 1961, she appeared in Sports Illustrated as one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen", after catching 1,230-pound (560 kg) black marlin fish off Cabo Blanco, Peru, a then world-record fish for a woman (Sports Illustrated began publication in 1954.). She was a model for the Ford Modeling Agency. In 1953 and 1955, she was photographed by Slim Aarons. In 1961, she was photographed by Frances McLaughlin-Gill for Sports Illustrated in Palm Beach, Florida, wearing clothes from Lilly Pulitzer Fashions, her sister-in-law's brand. In later life, she was active in women's rights causes, particularly Planned Parenthood. On June 27, 1949, she married investment broker David Frost Bartlett (1924–1997), brother of Charles L. Bartlett, at the family's estate in Oyster Bay, New York. They later divorced. In 1959, she married Lewis Thompson Preston (1926–1995), chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. and president of the World Bank. They lived in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida. She died in New York City on October 28, 2011.
American fashion model, socialite and philanthropist. Gladys Pulitzer was born in New York City on May 31, 1928, the daughter of Gladys Mildred Munn and Herbert "Tony" Pulitzer, and a granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher and founder of the Pulitzer Prize. She grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. Pulitzer was educated at Palm Beach Day School and the Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Virginia, and earned an associate of arts degree from Finch College, New York. In 1961, she appeared in Sports Illustrated as one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen", after catching 1,230-pound (560 kg) black marlin fish off Cabo Blanco, Peru, a then world-record fish for a woman (Sports Illustrated began publication in 1954.). She was a model for the Ford Modeling Agency. In 1953 and 1955, she was photographed by Slim Aarons. In 1961, she was photographed by Frances McLaughlin-Gill for Sports Illustrated in Palm Beach, Florida, wearing clothes from Lilly Pulitzer Fashions, her sister-in-law's brand. In later life, she was active in women's rights causes, particularly Planned Parenthood. On June 27, 1949, she married investment broker David Frost Bartlett (1924–1997), brother of Charles L. Bartlett, at the family's estate in Oyster Bay, New York. They later divorced. In 1959, she married Lewis Thompson Preston (1926–1995), chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. and president of the World Bank. They lived in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida. She died in New York City on October 28, 2011.
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