Career
They had four children, including John V. (born 1934), who was a United States. Representative and United States. Senator from California from 1965 until 1977. was an active supporter of the arts She served on the board of the Metropolitan Opera Guild from 1951 to 1970 and was the board"s vice president from 1956 to 1959. She was also a major benefactor of the Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation.
She almost died on her honeymoon of an absessed appendicitis on the island of Brioni.