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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.
Learn about Phoebe Apperson Hearst, a philanthropist, feminist and anthropology supporter who founded the Museum in 1901. Discover her life, achievements and collections of 60,000 objects from around the world.
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.
1 de dez. de 2019 · A book review of Alexandra M. Nickliss's biography of Phoebe Hearst, a Gilded Age philanthropist who supported education, women's rights, and museums. The review highlights Hearst's challenges, achievements, and contradictions in her role as a wealthy donor and a social reformer.
- David C. Hammack
- 2019
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.”.
27 de ago. de 2021 · Learn how Phoebe Hearst, the mother of William Randolph Hearst, supported women's education, kindergarten, and the Baha'i Faith in California and beyond. Discover her legacy at U.C. Berkeley, the Hearst Museum, and the PTA.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was the first female Regent of the University of California, serving from 1897 until her death. In 1900, Phoebe Hearst also co-founded the prestigious National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. Death in 1919. Mrs. Hearst died on April 13, 1919, at her home in California during the worldwide flu epidemic.
