Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt

She was one of the first women to compete in the America's Cup, alongside her husband, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, in 1934 and 1937.

[5] Conaway married Harold Stirling Vanderbilt on August 20, 1933, in New York City;[6] he was 17 years older than she.

They resided in New York City and at Eastover, a property in Manalapan, Florida near Palm Beach designed by architect Maurice Fatio.

[2] They summered at Rock Cliff, an estate in Newport, Rhode Island that they purchased in 1961.

[5] Her funeral was held at Trinity Church, and she was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.