Philanthropy Archives - Infinite Women

Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon

English viceregal consort in Canada and Ireland, feminist, social reformer, and author

Ellen Garretson Wade

Prominent Cleveland, Ohio philanthropist and public benefactor during the late 19th century.

Flora Stone Mather

American philanthropist dedicated to Cleveland religious, educational, and social reform activities.

Elna Grahn

Grahn commanded the 2525th Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit during World War II and was the first woman to serve on a United States Army General Court Martial.

US Civil War Confederate nurse who turned her Richmond mansion into Robertson Hospital, which had by far the lowest death rate of any facility in the North or South, even though physicians sent their worst cases to her.