{{short description|American model, socialite and philanthropist (1928–2011)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Patsy Pulitzer | image = Patsy Pulitzer.jpg | caption = Pulitzer by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, ''Vogue'', 1957 | birth_name = Gladys Pulitzer | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|5|31}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|28|1928|5|31}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | resting_place = Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York, U.S. | education = {{ubl|Palm Beach Day School| Foxcroft School| Finch College}} | occupation = Model | known for = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|David Frost Bartlett|1949|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Lewis Thompson Preston|1959|1995|end=d}}}} | partner = | children = 4 | parents = | relatives = {{ubl|Joseph Pulitzer (grandfather)| Lilly Pulitzer (sister-in-law)| Roxanne Pulitzer (sister-in-law)| Charles L. Bartlett (brother-in-law)}} | website = }} '''Gladys''' "'''Patsy'''" '''Pulitzer Preston''' (May 31, 1928 – October 28, 2011) was an American fashion model, socialite and philanthropist. The granddaughter of newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the Pulitzer Prize, she grew up in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1961, she appeared in ''Sports Illustrated'' as one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen", after catching a {{convert|1230|lb|adj=on}} black marlin, a then world-record catch for a woman. She modeled and appeared in various magazines. In later life, she was active in women's rights causes, particularly Planned Parenthood.
==Early life== 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.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News">{{cite web |title=Gladys Pulitzer Preston, granddaughter of the founder of the Pulitzer Prize, dies |url=https://eu.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/2011/11/02/gladys-pulitzer-preston-granddaughter-founder/6646914007/ |website=Palm Beach Daily News |access-date=July 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724095133/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/2011/11/02/gladys-pulitzer-preston-granddaughter-founder/6646914007/|archive-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref> She grew up in Palm Beach, Florida.<ref name="Kuhner"/> 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.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/> Her brother Herbert Pulitzer was married to the fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer, and Roxanne Pulitzer.<ref name="Palm Beach Post">{{cite web |title=Publishing heir Peter Pulitzer dies at 88 |url=https://eu.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2018/04/18/new-publishing-heir-peter-pulitzer-dies-at-88/6207508007/ |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=Palm Beach Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724095438/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2018/04/18/new-publishing-heir-peter-pulitzer-dies-at-88/6207508007/|archive-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
==Career== In 1961, she appeared in ''Sports Illustrated'' as one of the "World's Loveliest Sportswomen", after catching {{convert|1230|lb|adj=on}} black marlin fish off Cabo Blanco, Peru, a then world-record fish for a woman (''Sports Illustrated'' began publication in 1954.).<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/><ref name="Observer"/><ref name="The Rake">{{cite news |last1=Husband |first1=Stuart |title=It Was a Wonderful Life |url=https://therake.com/stories/it-was-a-wonderful-life/ |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=The Rake |date=June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730103856/https://therake.com/stories/it-was-a-wonderful-life/|archive-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref>
She was a model for the Ford Modeling Agency.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/> In 1953 and 1955, she was photographed by Slim Aarons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seaplane At Palm Beach |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/patsy-pulitzer-leaning-against-a-seaplane-belonging-to-the-news-photo/84990105 |website=Getty Images |date=February 23, 2009 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Backgammon Trio |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/at-palm-beach-patsy-bartlett-playing-backgammon-with-peter-news-photo/3163542 |website=Getty Images |date=March 31, 2004 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lilly Pulizer Fashions |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/portrait-of-patsy-pulitzer-preston-posing-in-lilly-pulitzer-news-photo/135458002 |website=Getty Images |date=December 10, 2011 |access-date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>
In later life, she was active in women's rights causes, particularly Planned Parenthood.<ref name="Kuhner"/>
==Personal life== 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gladys Pulitzer married at home; Granddaughter of the Late Publisher Wed to David F, Bartlett in Oyster Bay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/28/archives/gladys-pulitzer-iiarried-at-home-granddaughter-of-the-late.html |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=New York Times |date=June 28, 1949|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730103634/https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/28/archives/gladys-pulitzer-iiarried-at-home-granddaughter-of-the-late.html|archive-date=July 30, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gladys Pulitzer Lists; She Will Be .Wed to David F. Bartlett June 27 in Garden of Oyster Bay Estate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/12/archives/gladys-pulitzer-lists-ittilfiints-she-will-be-wed-todavid-f.html |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=New York Times |date=June 12, 1949|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101157/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/19/archives/miss-stefane-abeille-demay-married-to-david-f-bartlett.html|archive-date=July 30, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> They later divorced. In 1964, he married Stefane Abeille Demay.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miss Stefane Abeille Demay Married to David F. Bartlett |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/19/archives/miss-stefane-abeille-demay-married-to-david-f-bartlett.html |access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=New York Times |date=April 19, 1964|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730101157/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/19/archives/miss-stefane-abeille-demay-married-to-david-f-bartlett.html|archive-date=July 30, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In 1959, she married Lewis Thompson Preston (1926–1995), chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. and president of the World Bank.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/><ref name="Kuhner">{{cite book |last1=Kuhner |first1=Kate |title=Betty Kuhner : the American Family Portrait |date=2019 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |location=Newburyport, MA |isbn=9781423651796 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ueZDwAAQBAJ&dq=patsy+Pulitzer&pg=PT464 |access-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref> They lived in Washington, D.C., and Palm Beach, Florida.<ref name="Kuhner"/>
She had four daughters, Linda B. Miller of Palm Beach, Victoria B. Donaldson of Yorktown, New York, Priscilla P. Hallowell of Katonah, New York, and Electra P. Toub of New York City.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/>
She died in New York City on October 28, 2011.<ref name="Palm Beach Daily News"/> She lived there at 580 Park Avenue, and her three-bedroom apartment sold in April 2012 for $5.8 million to Edward Shugrue III and his wife Greta.<ref name="Observer">{{cite news |last1=Velsey |first1=Kim |title=Pulitzer Descendant's 580 Park Pad Fetches $5.8 Million |url=https://observer.com/2012/04/pulitzer-descendants-580-park-pad-sells-for-5-8-million/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725122652/https://observer.com/2012/04/pulitzer-descendants-580-park-pad-sells-for-5-8-million/|archive-date=July 25, 2022|access-date=July 24, 2022 |work=New York Observer |date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192960008/gladys-munn-preston Patsy Pulitzer at Find a Grave]
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