Rita de Acosta Lydig (1875-1929)

Mrs Rita Hernandez de Alba (de Acosta) Stokes, Lydig

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Her personal wardrobe formed the core of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She was married twice and left one son.

Spouses (2)

William Earl Dodge Stokes

W.E.D. Stokes, Real Estate Developer, of New York City

1852-1926

Capt. Philip Mesier Lydig

Member of the New York Stock Exchange & the Russian Imperial Army

1867-1929

Children (1)

William Earl Dodge Stokes, Jr.

Founder of the Berkshire Country Day School in Lenox, Massachusetts

1896-1982

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Fashionistas & Socialites Gilded Age Literati & the Arts Suffragists