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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.
The funeral held on March 15 in Pocantico Hills was private, attended only by family and a few friends. To honor Laura, JDR established the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in 1918. This foundation was active in the areas deeply important to Laura: child study, education, public health, race relations, religion, and social welfare.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller. *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.
Affluent American and wife of John D. Rockefeller. Name variations: Cettie Spelman Rockefeller. Born Laura Celestia Spelman in 1839; died in 1915; married John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937, founder of Standard Oil and philanthropist), on September 8, 1864; children: Elizabeth or Bessie Rockefeller (1866–1906); Alice Rockefeller (1869–1870 ...
13 de ene. de 2022 · Legitimizing the Social Sciences: The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in the 1920s - REsource. 1,397 words. / January 13, 2022. By: James Allen Smith. 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.
16 de oct. de 2000 · Albert Berger, Historian: Laura Spelman was an 1840s, 1850s feminist. She was the valedictorian of her high school graduating class, the same class that John D. was in, and the title of her ...
