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Dorothy Rice Sims (June 24, 1889 – March 24, 1960)〔〔 was an American sportswoman, aviatrix, bridge player, artist, and journalist. ==Family== Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on June 24, 1889,〔 Sims was one of six children of Isaac Rice,〔 a businessman (or corporation lawyer)〔 who founded the Electric Boat Company〔 (producer of submarines for the US Navy and others). Her younger sister Marion (1891–1990, Marion Rice Hart) also became famous as an aviator and sportswoman. ("Before her flying career, Mrs. Hart had captained a 72-foot ketch around the world, most of the way alone.")〔 Their mother Julia B. Rice founded the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noises in New York City.〔 Father Isaac Rice was born in Bavaria and raised in Philadelphia. He was also a musician and musicologist, chess player and patron. Dorothy and Marion were the second and fourth of six children, the second and third of four daughters. According to the cultural historian Hillel Schwartz, as paraphrased by a ''New Yorker'' journalist: : "In 1903, Isaac Rice and his wife and intellectual partner, Julia Barnett Rice—both accomplished musicians—sought to escape noisy Broadway. They built a four-story mansion on the tree-lined drive, then a place replete with coaches and foreign servants, and largely free from cars. Julia had a medical degree; Isaac, an industrialist, invested in things like air compressors, submarines, and the 'pickled energy' that powered electric vehicles." Julia Rice's campaign resulted in a federal law "quieting the whistles of ships in federal waters".〔("The Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise" ). Peter Andrey Smith. ''The New Yorker''. January 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dorothy Rice Sims」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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