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Edie Sedgwick
Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American heiress, socialite, actress, and fashion model. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s.〔(Girl on Fire Review ) from Enjoy Your Style.〕 She was dubbed an "It Girl", while ''Vogue'' magazine also named her a "Youthquaker".
==Family background==
Sedgwick's family was long established in Massachusetts history. Her seventh-great grandfather, English-born Robert Sedgwick,〔(CHS Sedgwick Family )〕 was the first Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settling in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635.〔(SEDGWICK.ORG – Major General Robert Sedgwick (1613–1656) )〕 Sedgwick's family later originated from Stockbridge, Massachusetts where her great-great-great grandfather Judge Theodore Sedgwick had settled after the American Revolution. Theodore married Pamela Dwight of the New England Dwight family who was the daughter of Abigail (née Williams) Dwight. Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, was Sedgwick's fifth-great grandfather.〔Sedgwick, Hubert M. "A Sedgwick Genealogy", New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1961, p.167〕 Judge Theodore Sedgwick was the first to plead and win a case for the freedom of a black woman, Elizabeth Freeman, under the Massachusetts Bill of Rights that declared all men to be born free and equal.〔A Sedgwick Genealogy, Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick, New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1961〕 Her great-great-great paternal grandfather, William Ellery, was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.〔
Sedgwick's mother Alice was the daughter of Henry Wheeler de Forest, the President and Chairman of the Board of the Southern Pacific Railroad and a direct descendant of Jessé de Forest whose Dutch West India Company helped to settle New Amsterdam.〔New York Times, article "Henry de Forest, Lawyer, dies at 82", May 28, 1937〕 Jessé de Forest was also Edie's seventh-great grandfather.〔A Walloon Family in America, de Forest, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914〕 Her paternal grandfather was the historian and acclaimed author Henry Dwight Sedgwick III; her great grandmother, Susanna Shaw, was the sister of Robert Gould Shaw, the American Civil War Colonel; and her great-great grandfather, Robert Bowne Minturn, was a part owner of the ''Flying Cloud'' clipper ship and is credited with creating and promoting Central Park in New York City.〔(CentralParkHistory.com )〕 She was the first cousin, once removed, of actress Kyra Sedgwick. Kyra is the daughter of Henry Dwight Sedgwick V (Edie's first cousin), the son of Robert Minturn Sedgwick, who was the older brother of Francis Minturn Sedgwick.
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