Helen Miller Shepard
Helen Miller Shepard (born Gould, born June 20, 1868 in New York City , † December 21, 1938 in Roxbury ) was an American philanthropist .
Life
Helen Miller Gould was born as the first daughter of the entrepreneur Jay Gould and his wife Helen Day Miller (1838-1889). She studied at the law faculty of New York University and in 1913 married the railroad manager Finley Johnson Shepard , with whom she adopted a total of five children in the following years , including the two daughters of her brother Frank Gould. In 1918, she and Emma Baker Kennedy became the first female vice presidents of the American Bible Society . After her death, she was buried in the family mausoleum in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery .
Philanthropic activity
When the Spanish-American War broke out , Helen Miller Shepard donated the then remarkable sum of 50,000 dollars to supply the military hospitals with medical material and was also active in the care of wounded soldiers. She funded the construction of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans and the New York University library building, and donated $ 10,000 to the engineering faculty. Numerous other institutions and organizations, including Rutgers College, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Young Women's Christian Association , have also received funding through it.
literature
- Alice Northrop Snow: The Story of Helen Gould . FH Revell, 1943
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shepard, Helen Miller |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gould, Helen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1938 |
| Place of death | Roxbury |