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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. Biografía. Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson nació en el condado de Franklin, Misuri.
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.
In 1897, she became the first woman Regent of the University of California, serving actively on the board from 1897 to 1919. 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.
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.”
1843-1919. Phoebe Apperson Hearst . Induction Year. 1989. Inductee Number. 36. Phoebe Hearst, wife of George Hearst, one of mining’s most notable successes, was truly the great “First Lady” of mining. From the day of their marriage in 1862, she immersed herself in helping George with his work: mining and prospecting.
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst, 1842-1919 by Barbara S. Lesko. Two American women stand out as early promoters of Egyptian archaeology. Sara Yorke Stevenson (q.v.) and Phoebe Apperson Hearst were contemporaries, but their. lives were quite different even if their interests coincided. If any woman could be called.
Phoebe Hearst had a passion for travel and discovery. Around 1890, she began supporting the nascent discipline of Anthropology, funding scholarly expeditions around the world. Her support resulted in a well-documented collection of 60,000 objects.
