Dorothy May Kinnicutt ('Sister' to her family and friends) was born into a patrician New York family in 1910 and spent her privileged early life at the right schools, yacht clubs and coming-out parties. Compelled to work during the lean years of the Depression, Sister combined her innate design ability with her high-echelon social connections to create an extraordinarily successful interior decorating business. The Parish-Hadley firm's list of clients...