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Millionaires Wives Shape Uses of Vast Fortunes
A survey of American philanthropists shows Mrs. Leland Stanford, Mrs. Russell Sage, Miss Helen Gould, and others directing vast sums to education, hospitals, Y M C A homes, and social relief. The piece details their gifts to universities, churches, charities, and wartime welfare, highlighting Mrs. Sage, Miss Gould, Mrs. Ryan, and Anne Morgan among top contributors and their varied causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Leland Stanford
Educational Advancement of California
Stanford University
Russell Sage
New York City
City Hall
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park
New York Historical Society
Helen Gould
Jay Gould
Spain
United States
Women's Relief Association
Naval Y. M. C. A
Norfolk
St. Louis
Salvation Army
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Tarrytown
N. Y
American College For Girls
Constantinople
Mt. Holyoke College
Vassar
Helen Day Gould
Guthrie
Okla
Gould
Miss Gould
Thomas F. Ryan
Cathedral of St. Peter
Richmond
Washington
D. C
Order of the Perpetual Adoration
Pius X
Ryan
Vatican
America
Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Rutherford
Vanderbilts
Presbyterian Hospital
Paris
Gautier
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
London
West Ham Hospital
Church Army
Miss Morgan
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan