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Abigail Greene Aldrich Rockefeller (October 26, 1874 – April 5, 1948) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a prominent member of the Rockefeller family through her marriage to financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr., the son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller Sr.
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- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, Abigail Pearce Truman Chapman
- Abigail Greene Aldrich, October 26, 1874, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (* 26. Oktober 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island als Abigail Greene Aldrich; † 5. April 1948 in New York City) war eine bekannte US-amerikanische Mäzenin, Kunstsammlerin und Mitbegründerin des Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Abby Rockefeller. Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (born 1943) is an American feminist, ecologist, and member of the Rockefeller family. She was a member of Cell 16, a radical feminist organization, in the 1970s. She also founded the Clivus Multrum company, which manufactures composting toilets .
- Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller, 1943 (age 79–80)
- David Rockefeller, Margaret McGrath
In the fall of 1894 at the Providence home of a former classmate, Abby met John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (JDR Jr.), son of the founder of the Standard Oil Company, who was then a sophomore at Brown University. After a lengthy courtship, they married on October 9, 1901. They had six children: Abby (1903-1976) John Davison, 3rd (1906-1978)
11. Aug. 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the namesake of the Museum of Modern Art and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden. She was a visionary patron of modern art, a social activist, and a philanthropist who supported cultural and social causes with her vast wealth and influence.
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Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich (1874–1948)American philanthropist. Born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874, in Providence, Rhode Island; died on April 5, 1948, in New York; one of the eight children, five sons and three daughters, of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (a businessman turned politician ...
Learn how Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, the daughter of a prominent senator, married into the Rockefeller fortune and transformed it with her progressive ideas and philanthropy. She co-founded the Museum of Modern Art, encouraged her sons to embrace the modern world, and challenged her husband's conservatism.
