Abby Hopper Gibbons
1800s American philanthropist
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Dr Elizabeth Alexander
Poet, scholar, and cultural advocate; a nationally recognized thought leader on race, justice, and American society and president of the Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities in the United States.
Caroline Kline Galland
Caroline Rosenberg Kline Galland, an early and important Seattle philanthropist, devoted her life to serving the community. Her will bequeathed funds for a home for the Jewish aged and for other charities, including a tuberculosis hospital.
Ellen Cuffe
Countess of Desart, philanthropist, and senator
Elizabeth Smith Miller
American suffragist and dress reformer
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Astronomy philanthropist
Sarah Elizabeth Pratt Whitin
Philanthropist who funded the building of the Observatory at Wellesley College
Mary Anna Draper
Astronomer and philanthropist who funded the work of the Harvard Observatory
Mildred Albert
Founded Boston’s first finishing school, co-founded the Boston Arts Festival, and became the “First Lady of Fashion”.
Pauline Durant
Co-founder of Wellesley College