Ethel Bliss Platt

Who is Ethel Bliss Platt?

Ethel Bliss Platt was an American tennis player and art collector. Ethel was born and spent most of her life living in Englewood, New Jersey. She had an active juniors tennis career and was the 1906 U.S. National Tennis Champion in Doubles with Ann Burdette Coe. She married Dan Fellows Platt in 1900 and was his companion through many trips to Europe to collect art. When her husband died in 1937, she inherited one of the largest art collections in America and sold some pieces, gave some to friends and gave thousands to Princeton University Art Museum. She died in 1971 following a stroke.