Evelyn Nesbit

Florence Evelyn Nesbit , known professionally as Evelyn Nesbit, was a popular American chorus girl and artists model whose liaison with architect Stanford White immortalized her as The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing.

Nesbit was born Florence Evelyn Nesbit on December 25, 1884, in Tarentum, a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her actual year of birth remains unconfirmed her real year of birth may have been 1886. In later years, Nesbit confirmed that her mother at times added several years to her age in order to circumvent child labor laws. She was the daughter of Winfield Scott Nesbit and his wife, ne Evelyn Florence McKenzie and was of ScotsIrish ancestry. Legend has it that the newborn little girl was so beautiful that neighbors came for months after her birth to gaze at and admire her. Two years later, a son named Howard was born to the family.

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