Mary Fanton Roberts

[2] Roberts was born in Brooklyn, New York, but moved as a young girl to Deadwood, in the Montana territory.

Her first assignment as a reporter was to interview Hetty Green and the article she wrote about her was "so successful that it launched her into what was to be a lifetime career.

As an avid supporter of modern dance, she became close to many performers, including Isadora Duncan and Angna Enters.

[8] During WWI, she and Paris Singer helped establish a hospital for soldiers with "shell shock" to convalesce in Palm Beach.

She maintained lifelong relationships with a wide circle of friends and continued to correspond with them and attend social events until her death.