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Phoebe Hearst

Phoebe Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Who's who among the women of California
Born
Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson

(1842-12-03)December 3, 1842
DiedApril 13, 1919(1919-04-13) (aged 76)
Resting placeCypress Lawn Memorial Park
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhilanthropist
Spouse
(m. 1862; died 1891)
ChildrenWilliam Randolph Hearst

Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst (December 3, 1842 – April 13, 1919) was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist.[1] 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.

  1. ^ Nickliss, Alexandra (November 2002), "Phoebe Apperson Hearst's 'Gospel of Wealth,' 1883-1901", Pacific Historical Review, 71 (4): 525–605, doi:10.1525/phr.2002.71.4.575.

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