Philanthropy Archives - Page 15 of 15

Julia Hunt Catlin Park Depew Tauffleib

As a socialite, Julia Hunt Catlin Park Depew Taufflieb was known for throwing parties and entertaining many guests. She lived in many cities across the globe, but finally found a home in France. During World War I, she decided to invite more people into her home than ever before. She turned her large mansion into a hospital with over three hundred beds. The French government recognized her generosity and kindness, and she became the first American woman to be awarded the Legion d’honneur and Croix de Guerre.

Sarah B Cochran

Once called America’s only Coal Queen, Sarah B. Cochran was a coal industry leader and philanthropist in an era when American women couldn’t universally vote or serve on juries. By choosing to go out into the world and do the unexpected, she was able to support women’s suffrage and education, and was the first female trustee of Allegheny College.

Mary McLeod Bethune

The daughter of former slaves, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune became one of the most important black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. The college she founded set educational standards for today’s black colleges, and her role as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave African Americans an advocate in government.

Maria Feodorovna

Maria Feodorovna was Empress consort of Russia as the second wife of Tsar Paul I, and the founder of the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria, an imperial government charitable agency. The institutions, many of which the Empress founded, managed orphanages, care for invalids, the blind and the deaf, education for women and children, poor houses and hospitals. She also gave political counsel to her children, who respected her greatly.

A J Green Armytage

Amy Julia Green-Armytage was a novelist, historian and philanthropist and an expert on the local history of Bristol (United Kingdom). Together with her life-long friend, Rose Mabel Lewis (1853-1928), Amy wrote three books under the pen name Lewis Armytage: Out of Tune (London, 1887); The Blue Mountains: And Other Stories for Children (London: W.H. Allen and Co, 1890); Spindle and Shears: A Welsh Story (London, W.H. Allen and Co., 1891). She also wrote Maids of Honours: sketches of distinguished single women (Blackwood and Sons).