A socialite and philanthropist. The co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and its biggest donor.
Category: Art.
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Madonna, 1958
Best-selling musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress. Famous for her contribution to women’s sexual liberation in pop culture.
Category: Music, Theater & Cinema, Business & Entrepreneurship, Fashion & Beauty, Philanthropy. -
Lillie Hitchcock Coit, 1843-1929
A Philanthropist and the patroness of San Francisco’s volunteer firefighters, the benefactor of the Coit Tower in San Francisco.
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Louise DeKoven Bowen, 1859-1953
A philanthropist, civic and suffrage leader, social reformer, and an advocate for the Juvenile Protective Association and its first president.
Category: Activism & Feminism. -
Mary Richardson Jones, 1820-1910
Abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and philanthropist. A prominent figure in Chicago’s African-American community in the 19th century, operating a station of the underground railroad from her home.
Category: Activism & Feminism, Philanthropy. -
Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, 1928-2013
The first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, known as “The first woman of finance.”
Category: Economics & Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy. -
St. Katharine Drexel, 1858-1955
A missionary, philanthropist, Patron of racial justice, and the second US-born citizen to be canonized a Saint.
Category: Religion & Ethnic Culture, Philanthropy, Academy & Education. -
Mary Woodard Lasker, 1900-1994
A health activist, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Lasker Foundation.
Category: Health, Philanthropy, Activism & Feminism. -
Alva E. Belmont, 1853-1933
An important financial supporter of the US suffrage movement, and president of the National Woman's Party (1921-1933).
Category: Activism & Feminism, Philanthropy. -
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1875-1942
A sculptress, art collector, and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Category: Arts, Activism & Feminism, Business & Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy.