Pauline "Polly" Whittier (December 9, 1876 – March 3, 1946) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Whittier won the silver medal in the women's competition.[1] She was a daughter of Col. Charles A. Whittier, and in 1904 she married Ernest Iselin, son of Adrian Iselin Jr.[2]
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Nickname | Polly | ||||||||||||||
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | December 9, 1876||||||||||||||
Died | June 10, 1955 New York, New York, U.S. | (aged 78)||||||||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Amateur | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Pauline Whittier". Olympedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "Mrs. Ernest Iselin; Helped Charities; Founder of Generosity Thrift Shop Dies at 69--Was Kin of Massachusetts Whittiers". The New York Times. March 4, 1946.
External links
edit- Pauline Whittier at Olympics.com
- Pauline Whittier at Olympedia
- Pauline Whittier at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Media related to Pauline Whittier at Wikimedia Commons