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Laura Celestia " Cettie " Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) [1] was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
9 de may. de 2024 · Laura Spelman Rockefeller (born September 9, 1839, Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S.—died March 12, 1915, Pocantico Hills, New York) was an American educator and philanthropist who was the wife of John D. Rockefeller of the famed Rockefeller family.
She shared her parents’ interest in devout service, temperance, and abolition. She was also believed in the right of women to pursue culture and independent thought, as evident in her valedictory address at Cleveland’s Central High School, titled “I Can Paddle My Own Canoe.”
*Laura Spelman Rockefeller was born on this date in 1839. She was a white-American abolitionist, philanthropist, and schoolteacher. Laura Celestia Spelman was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Puritan descendants Harvey Buell Spelman and Lucy Henry, Yankees who had moved to Ohio from Massachusetts.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller was an American educator and philanthropist. She was also the wife of 'Standard Oil' co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Since childhood, she followed her parents' religious values. Spelman was an abolitionist and an active member of the Congregational Church.
29 de jun. de 2023 · In the audience as she spoke sat John D. Rockefeller and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller. They were so moved that Rockefeller emptied all the money in his pocket onto the collection plate. He also immediately pledged $250 toward purchasing the land where the college now stands in Atlanta, Georgia.
13 de ene. de 2022 · Legitimizing the Social Sciences: The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in the 1920s. John D. Rockefeller (JDR) created the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial (LSRM) in 1918 as a way to honor and support his late wife’s charitable causes. During its decade-long existence, he donated some $74 million to the Memorial.
