Nina Auchincloss Straight

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Nina Auchincloss Straight
Born
Nina Gore Auchincloss

(1937-01-10) January 10, 1937 (age 87)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationPotomac School
Miss Porter's School
Alma materBryn Mawr College
Columbia University
American University
Occupation(s)Author, journalist
Spouses
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(m. 1957; div. 1974)​
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(m. 1974; div. 1998)​
Children
Hugh D. Auchincloss Sr.
(grandfather)

Nina Gore Auchincloss Straight (formerly Steers, born January 10, 1937)[1] is an American author, journalist, and socialite.[2] She is the mother of writer/director Burr Steers and artist Hugh Auchincloss Steers, half-sister of Gore Vidal, step-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Onassis and socialite Princess Lee Radziwill.[3]

Early life

Nina Gore Auchincloss was born in 1937

Libman-Sacks endocarditis,[6][citation not found][7] at the age of 46, just prior to his son Robin Olds' graduation from West Point.[8][citation not found
]

Nina's paternal grandparents were

U.S. Senator Thomas Gore and his wife Nina Belle (née Kay) Gore.[2]

Debutante

In 1955, Auchincloss made her debut at a formal ball given by her father and stepmother Janet (who lived in McLean, Virginia), at their summer home, Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island. The ball was attended by over 700 guests.[10] In 1957, she inherited a $225,000 (equivalent to $2,441,000 in 2023) trust.[2]

Education and career

Nina attended the

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[11]

Nina subsequently attended and earned a

Chattanooga Times, while raising her three sons.[2]

In 1981, her novel Ariabella: The First, was published by

Sen. Thomas Pryor Gore.[2]

Personal life

In 1957, Nina married

Maryland State Senate.[12]
Together, they had three sons:

Nina and Steers separated in 1972[12] and divorced in 1974.[16] In 1976, Steers was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district. Steers remarried to Inge Wirsich Irwin in 1978, to whom he remained married until his death in 1993.[13]

In 1974, Nina married her second husband,

Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004), a member of the Whitney family who was a publisher and novelist. Straight was the son of Willard Dickerman Straight, an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney, a philanthropist. After his mother's remarriage to Leonard Knight Elmhirst, Straight lived in England. The wedding was attended by Janet Auchincloss, Jackie Kennedy, Renata Adler, Beatrice Straight, and Peter Cookson.[3] Nina and Michael's marriage ended in divorce in 1998. He later married Katharine Gould, a child psychiatrist and art historian, whom he remained married to until his death in 2004.[16]

Published works

See also

References

  1. ^ "For Gore Vidal, a Final Plot Twist". The New York Times. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vespa, Mary (May 11, 1981). "Jackie & Gore Launch a Gossipy Novel—and Make a Name for Nina Straight". People Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Mrs. Steers Wed to Michael Straight". The New York Times. May 2, 1974. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ The Kennedy White House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963 By Carl Sferrazza Anthony, page 149
  5. ^ Kauffman, Bill (2006-11-20) The Populist Patriotism of Gore Vidal Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, The American Conservative
  6. ^ Zamzow 2008, p. 85
  7. ^ Fogerty, Ronald P. (editor, 1953), USAF Historical Study 91: Biographical Data on Air Force General Officers, 1917-1952, Vol II: "L-Z".
  8. ^ Anderson 2004, p. 187
  9. ^ "Oliver Burr Jennings". The New York Times. 1893-02-13. p. 4. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  10. ^ The New York Times Staff (August 13, 1955). "NINA AUCHINCLOSS MAKES HER DEBUT". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ^ a b c The New York Times Staff (June 9, 1957). "Miss Nina Gore Auchincloss Wed to Newton Ivan Steers Jr". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. ^ a b c Cheshire, Maxine (February 24, 1972). "Potpourri". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  13. ^ a b Barnes, Bart (February 12, 1993). "REPUBLICAN NEWTON I. STEERS JR. DIES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Hugh Steers, 32, Figurative Painter". The New York Times. March 4, 1995. p. 25. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  15. ^ "Film; A Family's Legacy: Pain and Humor (and a Movie)", The New York Times, September 15, 2002.
  16. ^ a b Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (January 5, 2004). "Michael Straight, Who Wrote of Connection to Spy Ring, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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