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1. digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu › the-rockefellers › 33Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family

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   Bernice Kert. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: the woman in the family The author of Hemingway's Women , which offered new insights into the sources of that famously macho writer's creativity, once again illuminates the impact of a powerful female on American culture and society. Daughter of influential U.S. Senator Nelson Aldrich and wife of industrialist John D. Rockefeller Jr., Abby Aldrich ...

2. www.colonialwilliamsburg.org › locations › abby-aldrichAbby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Colonial Williamsburg

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   Sunday. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Art is in the eye of the beholder. In the galleries of the folk art museum, you'll discover an amazing variety of paintings, sculptures, and other objects created by talented, self-trained artists and craftsmen. In fact, it's one of the largest collections of American folk art. Accessible.

3. www.rbf.org › about › our-historyMuseum of Modern Art | Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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   Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center. New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opened in 1929 through the efforts of three women, including Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, mother of the five founding RBF trustees. It has been a significant interest of the Rockefeller family ever since. Nelson Rockefeller served as president beginning in ...

4. www.nps.gov › people › laurancerockefellerLaurance Rockefeller - U.S. National Park Service

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   Laurance Rockefeller was the fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Greene Aldrich. Laurance's grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Sr., was the head of the Standard Oil Company. Laurance's father, John D. Rockefeller Jr., was an enthusiastic supporter of park-building and historic preservation, and the Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah ...

5. www.gardenpreserve.org › history-of-abby-rockefeller-gardenHistory of Abby Rockefeller Garden | Land&GardenPreserve

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   John D., Jr. and Abby's former home, The Eyrie (photo to the right), was removed in 1963, yet the family chose to preserve the home’s terrace. Today the terrace provides a quiet walk for guests of the garden, and a view to the outer islands and the stretching Atlantic beyond them. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden was created between 1926 ...

6. www.britannica.com › video › 166611Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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   NARRATOR: In the 1920s Abby Rockefeller [music in], Lillie Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan had a vision for the future. MARJORIE SCHWARZER: While John D. Rockefeller was founding Colonial Williamsburg down in Virginia, his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, was founding the nation's most-important contemporary-art museum.

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7. riheritagehalloffame.com › Abigail-RockefellerAbigail Aldrich Rockefeller – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame

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   In 1953, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Gallery,at the MoMA opened to showcase Japanese woodblock prints from the RISD museum’s permanent collection. A supporter of the advancement and welfare of women, Rockefeller was one of the charter founders of the Cosmopolitan Club in New York. She was also a member of numerous women’s clubs, the ...