death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
new york , new york , u.s. 4 october 1975 new york , new york , u.s. 5 february 1903 joan whitney payson
 joan whitney payson businesswoman philanthropist : sports team owner racehorse owner/breeder art collector
joan whitney payson

joan whitney payson -lrb- february 5 , 1903 -- october 4 , 1975 -rrb- was an american heiress , businesswoman , philanthropist , patron of the arts and art collector , and a member of the prominent whitney family .
she was also co-founder and majority owner of major league baseball 's new york mets baseball franchise , and was the first woman to own a major-league team in north america without inheriting it .
