Marian Javits, Proto-Feminist and Widow of New York Senator, Dies at 92. [View all]

'Marian Javits, the arts patron, bon vivant and proto-feminist who cut a singular figure in New York while her husband, Jacob, devoted long years in Washington as the state’s long-serving United States senator, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 92.

Her death was confirmed by her son, Joshua.

Mrs. Javits, who grew up in poverty and later became part of a glamorous social set, provided ample fodder for gossip columnists with her nightclubbing, her long-distance marriage to a spouse who was 21 years older and her separate professional life, which crossed prevailing boundaries when she became a lobbyist for the Iranian government.'>>>

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