Mary Tileston Hemenway
American philanthropist (1820–1894) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (Dec. 20, 1820 – 6 March 1894) was an American philanthropist. She funded Civil War hospitals, numerous educational institutions from the Reconstruction era until the late 1880s, founded a physical education teacher training program for women, and funded research for the preservation of culturally valuable historical sites.
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Mary Tileston Hemenway | |
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Born | Dec. 20, 1820 New York City |
Died | 1894 (aged 73–74) Beacon Hill, Boston, MA |
Spouse | Edward Augustus Holyoke Hemenway |
Children | 5 |
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