Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee

Antoinette Eno "Tony" Pinchot Pittman Bradlee (January 15, 1924 – November 9, 2011) was an American socialite, ceramist, and painter. She was the second wife of The Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and the sister of Mary Pinchot Meyer, a mistress of President John F. Kennedy.

Before marriage, Pinchot was a journalist on Vogue magazine. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Bradlees were frequent guests of the Kennedy family and was a close friend of First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Later on, she became a ceramist and painter. Her marriage with Bradlee fell apart due to his work commitments and she spent the rest of her life focused on fine arts.

Early life and career Born in New York City to a politically active family, the Pinchots, she was the youngest child of Amos Pinchot and Ruth Pickering Pinchot. Her older sister was Mary Pinchot Meyer and she had two older half-siblings from her father's first marriage: Gifford and Rosamond Pinchot. She was known to her family and friends as "Tony".

Along with her sister Mary, she was raised at the family's Grey Towers home in Milford, Pennsylvania. Pinchot attended the Brearley School and Vassar College. After college, she worked on Vogue magazine until her marriage.

Second marriage

Ben and Tony Bradlee had two children together: Dominic (known as "Dino") and Marina.