Philanthropy Archives - Page 8 of 28

Bette Nesmith Graham

Through ingenuity and perseverance, this high school dropout and single mother became a business magnate who transformed the office supply industry in the 20th century.

Arabella Denny

1700s Irish philanthropist

Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill

Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill witnessed the city of St Paul’s evolution from a small settlement on the Mississippi River to an important center of commerce.

Margaret Tobin Brown

The “unsinkable Molly Brown,” philanthropist, suffragist and Titanic survivor

Elizabeth Stanton Chadbourne

She was instrumental in creating the Parksley Land and Improvement Company in Boston at the turn of the century and, as secretary and treasurer, played a significant role in overseeing the business.

The Baker Chocolate Company, founded in the 1780s, played a significant role in Dorchester’s economy and employed many women. Eleanor inherited the company after the death of her husband in 1852 which allowed her to continue with her philanthropic work.

Sophia Elizabeth Strong Taylor

Cleveland, Ohio businesswoman and philanthropist

Irene Langhorne Gibson

Irene Langhorne Gibson chaired the Child Planning and Adoption Committee of New York’s State Charities Association for twenty-five years. She founded the New York branch of the Southern Women’s Educational Alliance, was a member of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and helped found and was a director of the Protestant Big Sisters, on whose board she served for many years.