Léonie Gilmour [SEP] place of death
Léonie Gilmour
Léonie Gilmour (June 17, 1873 - December 31, 1933) was an American educator, editor and journalist. She was the lover and editor of the writer Yone Noguchi and the mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour. She is the subject of the feature film "Leonie" (2010) and the book "Leonie Gilmour: When East Weds West" (2013).
Life.
Léonie Gilmour was born in New York City on June 17, 1873, and grew up in
the East Village, Manhattan. At the time of her birth, her father, Andrew Gilmour, a clerk, and mother, Albiana Gilmour (née Smith, daughter of one of the co-founders of the "Brooklyn Times-Union"), were living "in one room in a rear house" in St. Bridget's Place, the alley behind St. Brigid's Church on the east side of Tompkins Square Park. Léonie was among the first students at the Free Kindergarten organized by Felix Adler's Ethical Culture Society