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Phoebe Apperson Hearst (Condado de Franklin, 3 de diciembre de 1842- Pleasanton, 13 de abril de 1919) fue una filántropa, feminista y sufragista de los Estados Unidos [1] y la madre de William Randolph Hearst.
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. Hearst was the founder of the University of California Museum of Anthropology, now called the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, and the co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association.
Phoebe Hearst was a philanthropist, feminist and educator who donated her anthropology collection to UC Berkeley in 1901. Learn about her life, achievements and legacy at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst died in 1919, a victim of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. Phoebe Apperson Hearst was born 1842 in Franklin County, Missouri. Before marrying her distant cousin, 41 year-old George Hearst at the age of 19, Miss Apperson worked as a teacher in area schools.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was born a farm girl in the Whitmire settlement near St. Clair, Missouri, on December 3, 1842, the eldest of three children. Not until her later years did she spell her first name with an “o.”
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (Condado de Franklin, 3 de diciembre de 1842- Pleasanton, 13 de abril de 1919) fue una filántropa, feminista y sufragista de los Estados Unidos [1] y la madre de William Randolph Hearst.
Hearst was a visionary donor who funded the campus master plans, the Museum of Anthropology, and other buildings at UC Berkeley. She also became the first female UC Regent and advocated for the university's excellence and beauty.
