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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. Hearst was the founder of the University of California Museum of Anthropology, now called the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and the co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (* 3. Dezember 1842 in Franklin County , Missouri ; † 14. April 1919 in Pleasanton , Kalifornien ) war eine US-amerikanische Philanthropin und galt als Förderin der Frauenbildung in Kalifornien.
Phoebe Hearst had a passion for travel and discovery. Around 1890, she began supporting the nascent discipline of Anthropology, funding scholarly expeditions around the world. Her support resulted in a well-documented collection of 60,000 objects.
In 1897, she became the first woman Regent of the University of California, serving actively on the board from 1897 to 1919. Phoebe Apperson Hearst died in 1919, a victim of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. Phoebe Apperson Hearst was born 1842 in Franklin County, Missouri.
1. Dez. 2019 · Phoebe Apperson Hearst explores the thinking and strategies of a middle-class border-state girl as she became an influential Gilded Age philanthropist. Phoebe Hearst's philanthropy ranged widely, from San Francisco schools to women's rights, from the Young Women's Christian Association to the research university.
When George Hearst became a US senator in 1886, Phoebe Hearst took her philanthropic efforts to Washington, DC, where she gave $250,000 to construct the National Cathedral School for Girls. She provided thousands of dollars for St. Albans School, established a special school that trained 90 percent of Washington’s kindergarten teachers, and ...
27. Aug. 2021 · Phoebe Apperson Hearst was an influential philanthropist, suffragist, and Baha’i, who made so many contributions to California and the rest of the nation. Take your beaux on a date to the U.C. Berkeley campus and admire the beautiful Hearst building together.
