Name Mary Wiborg Died 1964, Paris, France | Parents Frank Bestow Wiborg | |
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Grandparents Henry Paulinus Wiborg | ||
Mary Hoyt Wiborg (January 28, 1888 – March 27, 1964) was a New York City socialite. She wrote the 1922 play Taboo that starred Paul Robeson.
Biography
Mary Hoyt Wiborg was born on January 28, 1888, to Frank Bestow Wiborg in Cincinnati. Her mother was a daughter of financier Hoyt Sherman, and a niece of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Senator John Sherman.
She had two sisters, Olga Wiborg and Sara Sherman Wiborg. Olga married Sidney Webster Fish, the son of Stuyvesant Fish, on September 18, 1915, in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Easthampton, New York. The family moved to New York City and Frank became the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Mary Hoyt Wiborg lived in Paris, France, and according to her obituary in The New York Times, was active in the Red Cross and, during World War II, served in the French Resistance. She was a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor.