Elizabeth Milbank Anderson

Elizabeth Milbank Anderson (Desemba 20, 1850Februari 22, 1921), alikua mfadhili na mtetezi wa elimu ya afya ya umma na wanawake, alikuwa binti wa Jeremiah Milbank (1818-1884), mfanyabiashara aliyekuwa na mafanikio, mtengenezaji na mwekezaji, na Elizabeth Lake. (1827-1891). [1] Mnamo mwaka 1905, Anderson alianzisha mojawapo ya misingi ya kwanza iliyofadhiliwa na mwanamke, Chama cha Mfuko wa Kumbukumbu (kiliyopewa jina la Milbank Memorial Fund mwaka 1921), pamoja na zawadi ya $ 9.3 milioni kufikia kifo chake. [2]

Elizabeth Milbank Anderson

Anderson katika maisha yake aliunga mkono juhudi nyingi za mageuzi ya kiafya na kijamii, kutokomeza maambukizi ya kifua kikuu na diphtheria na kutoa misaada kwa watoto wa Ulaya kufuatia Vita vya Kwanza vya Dunia, ambapo alifanywa kuwa Chevalier wa Jeshi katika serikali ya Ufaransa. [3]

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  1. "Notable American Women 1607–1950 A Biographical Dictionary", Edward T. James, ed., Belknap Press of Harvard University 1971 Vol. I p. 42
  2. "The Milbank Memorial Fund: Its Leaders and Its Work" by Clyde V. Kiser, Milbank Memorial Fund, New York 1975. Anderson was assisted in establishing the fund by attorneys Edward W. Sheldon, George Nichols, Howard Townsend, Jr. and Albert G. Milbank and doctor Francis Kinnicutt, who together comprised the fund's first board of trustees
  3. Notable American Women Vol I
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