- Inherited the Morton Salt fortune in 1934.
- Mother, with J. Hopkins Smith Jr., of two sons, Paul Morton Smith and J. Hopkins Smith III. The latter became Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air (1952-1956).
- Featured on the cover of Time Magazine, 18 July, 1932.
- Daughter of Paul Morton, former secretary of the navy to Theodore Roosevelt, and Charlotte Goodridge.
- Niece of Morton Salt Company founder Joy Morton.
- Began an interior decorating business after the termination of her first marriage in 1914.
- Founder, Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, in May, 1929.
- Supported Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential election.
- Her last husband, Dwight F. Davis, was a Republican politician, a former professional tennis player, and the founder of the Davis Cup. had been Assistant Secretary of War (1923-1925) and as Secretary of War (1925-1929), serving both appointments under President Calvin Coolidge.
- Husband Charles H. Sabin was president of the Guaranty Trust Company.
- Was a major supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his 1932 presidential campaign, but withdrew her support during his first re-election. She sighted his "faithlessness to the Democratic platform" as the reason she no longer advocated for him.
- First female member of the Republican National Committee. She resigned from the Committee in mid-1929 due in large part to disagreements with the party line on Prohibition.
- Described herself as "a reformed Prohibitionist" and advocated for the repeal of the 18th Amendment. She felt that the law was demonstrably doing more harm than good. Her advocacy is considered by many historians to have been instrumental in the campaign that led to its successful repeal in 1933.
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