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Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry (née Dresser; January 17, 1873 – December 21, 1958) was an American philanthropist and wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Peter Goelet Gerry, a United States senator from Rhode Island.
May 1, 2022 · Edith Stuyvesant (Dresser) Vanderbilt, also known as Edith Gerry (surname of her 2nd husband), was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the first governor of Dutch colonial New York, and also the great-niece of Hamilton Fish. She was orphaned at age ten and was raised by her maternal grandmother.
Edith Stuyvesant Dresser was the wife of George Vanderbilt, the owner of Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. She was a philanthropist, a leader, and a contributor to the community, who founded schools, supported the Red Cross, and helped create Pisgah National Forest.
American philanthropist and wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Peter Goelet Gerry. Edith was born on January 17, 1873, in Manhattan to Major George Warren Dresser and Susan Fish Le Roy. She was the great-niece of Hamilton Fish, a U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor.
American, 1873 - 1958. Gerry, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt; Vanderbilt III, George W., Mrs.; Gerry, Peter G., Mrs.; Dresser, Edith Stuyvesant. Works of Art.
Golden Glamour: The Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry Collection, March 13, 2015 -July 5, 2015. These garments dating from 1922 to the late 1930s share two traits: they were worn by Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt Gerry (1873 – 1958) and they incorporate gold in the form of lamé, meta llic pigments, and actual metal threads.
Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry (née Dresser) was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on January 17, 1873. Gerry was a prominent philanthropist who managed the Biltmore Estate (Buncombe County, North Carolina) following the sudden death of her husband George Washington Vanderbilt in 1914.
