Timothy Leary

It's the social set of Georgetown in the 50s. They're very international, cosmopolitan people. They're also very provincial. I mean, they're from a small group of upper-crust people in New York and Boston. But they had put in a lot of time in Europe

It's the social set of Georgetown in the 50s. They're very international, cosmopolitan people. They're also very provincial. I mean, they're from a small group of upper-crust people in New York and Boston. But they had put in a lot of time in Europe

It was Georgetown, and they had, you know, pretty relaxed ideas about moral behavior. I don't think that there was a whole lot of disapproval, let's say, in her crowd. In fact, I mean, some of them were women were openly married to gay men. Beards. I mean, it was a very... sophisticated place.

It was Georgetown, and they had, you know, pretty relaxed ideas about moral behavior. I don't think that there was a whole lot of disapproval, let's say, in her crowd. In fact, I mean, some of them were women were openly married to gay men. Beards. I mean, it was a very... sophisticated place.

She could hook up with artists if she wanted to, and she could, you know, make herself known in an artistic community and pursue creativity, which a lot of them did. You know, her friends were into, you know, other painters. Cicely Angleton wanted to write poetry. Anne Truitt was actually a very well-known artist, her friend. So they had the leisure of...

She could hook up with artists if she wanted to, and she could, you know, make herself known in an artistic community and pursue creativity, which a lot of them did. You know, her friends were into, you know, other painters. Cicely Angleton wanted to write poetry. Anne Truitt was actually a very well-known artist, her friend. So they had the leisure of...

with which to pursue activities that were not conventional.

with which to pursue activities that were not conventional.

Mary and her friends weren't conventional, but they weren't feminists. They weren't living like feminists.

Mary and her friends weren't conventional, but they weren't feminists. They weren't living like feminists.

Yeah, it's incredible that she never showed a painting to Kenneth Nolan, who was one of the leaders of the Colorfield School, in which she was so influenced by in her work. It's sad. You know, again, it goes back to the position of post-war women in America and everywhere.

Yeah, it's incredible that she never showed a painting to Kenneth Nolan, who was one of the leaders of the Colorfield School, in which she was so influenced by in her work. It's sad. You know, again, it goes back to the position of post-war women in America and everywhere.

So, you know, she had a certain image of herself probably as somebody who could do these things, and was very confident. The confidence that comes with having been born to a lot of money. And that kind of confidence, you know, it goes a long way. But it does not go long enough to take your dabblings and then put them in front of a Kenneth Noland and say, look, I'm an artist.

So, you know, she had a certain image of herself probably as somebody who could do these things, and was very confident. The confidence that comes with having been born to a lot of money. And that kind of confidence, you know, it goes a long way. But it does not go long enough to take your dabblings and then put them in front of a Kenneth Noland and say, look, I'm an artist.

I'm as good as you are.

I'm as good as you are.

She started to hang out with Timothy Leary, at least if you believe his account, more than once. She dropped acid with him.

She started to hang out with Timothy Leary, at least if you believe his account, more than once. She dropped acid with him.

The logistics of the affair are recorded for posterity in the White House logs that are kept in the Kennedy Library. They are handwritten. And you can see the secretary saying, Mrs. Meyer is here, or Mrs. Meyer arrived at a certain hour of a certain day.

The logistics of the affair are recorded for posterity in the White House logs that are kept in the Kennedy Library. They are handwritten. And you can see the secretary saying, Mrs. Meyer is here, or Mrs. Meyer arrived at a certain hour of a certain day.