In 1894, The New York Times wrote about the Englewood tennis club which included Helen Homans and other standouts.
In 1900, she married Dan Fellows Platt, a Princeton University graduate who dedicated his life to the study of Renaissance art.
However, after finding the photograph collection of her husband in disrepair she demanded the di Paolo piece back and sold it.
[3] Because of this art collecting, she was connected with many prominent intellectuals in New Jersey and Europe including friendships with Hannah Arendt and George Santayana amongst others.
[4] Ethel Bliss Platt is one of the six people highlighted in James Lord's 1998 book A Gift for Admiration: Further Memories.