Born: 8 March 1828, United States
Died: 4 April 1887
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, American philanthropist, born in New York City. After the death of her parents she was left with a large fortune, and devoted her life to works of charity.
Besides giving generous sums to Grace Church and St. Luke’s Hospital, New York City, Union College and the American School in Athens – she founded a newsboys’ lodging house, and a home for incurables.
Miss Wolfe also supplied funds for Dr. Ward’s archaeological expedition to Asia Minor, and gave to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a valuable collection of paintings, with an endowment of $200,000, for its preservation and enlargement.