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Born Winnaretta Eugénie Singer on January 8, 1865, in Yonkers, New York; died of a heart attack on November 26, 1943, in London, England; daughter of Isaac Merritt Singer (millionaire creator of the Singer sewing-machine) and Isabelle Eugénie Boyer Singer of Paris, France; educated at home by governesses; married Prince Louis de Scey ...

Born on January 8, 1865, Winnaretta was the twentieth of twenty-four children fathered by Isaac Singer. Daughter to Singer’s second wife Isabella Eugénie Boyer, Winnaretta was one of Singer's legitimate children.

Winnaretta Singer Is A Woman To Obsess Over The turn of the century—that heady period around the 1890s and just beyond—was a topsy-turvy world. With the approaching death of an age, everyone was sure that the good life was coming to an end. In response, they believed they had to do everything in their power to soak it up while it lasted.

Winnaretta Singer, Princesse Edmond de Polignac (8 January 1865 – 26 November 1943), was an American-born heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune. She used this to fund a wide range of causes, notably a musical salon where her protégés included Debussy and Ravel, and numerous public health projects in Paris, where she lived most of her life.

On Thursday, November 13, Sonnets & Sonatas, the UCLA series of lecture-concerts, commemorates World War I by dedicating an evening to Winnaretta Singer, patron of the arts at the birth of modernism. Please join us for this event in person and live online .