Eleanor Widener Dixon

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Eleanor Widener Dixon (1891–1966) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the daughter of George Dunton Widener and Eleanor Elkins Widener,[1] and the younger sister of George Dunton Widener Jr. and Harry Elkins Widener.

She married Fitz Eugene Dixon in 1912, and they were divorced in 1936.[2] They had a daughter, also named Eleanor Widener Dixon, and a son named Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "MRS. WIDENER DIXON, PHILANTHROPIST, 74". The New York Times. January 14, 1966. p. 39.
  2. ^ "MARRIES AFTER DIVORCE; Mrs. H. W. Road (sic) Weds Fitz E. Dixon in Reno". The New York Times. March 28, 1937. p. 15.