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Laura Celestia " Cettie " Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) [1] was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
Sep 5, 2024 · Laura Spelman Rockefeller (born September 9, 1839, Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S.—died March 12, 1915, Pocantico Hills, New York) was an American educator and philanthropist who was the wife of John D. Rockefeller of the famed Rockefeller family.
laura spelman rockefeller. Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller was born on September 9, 1839, in Wadsworth, Ohio, the second of two daughters of Lucy Henry and Harvey Buel Spelman. The Spelmans later moved to Akron and to Cleveland, where Harvey prospered in the dry-goods business.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller was an American educator and philanthropist. She was also the wife of 'Standard Oil' co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Since childhood, she followed her parents' religious values. Spelman was an abolitionist and an active member of the Congregational Church.
Jun 29, 2023 · In the audience as she spoke sat John D. Rockefeller and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller. They were so moved that Rockefeller emptied all the money in his pocket onto the collection plate. He also immediately pledged $250 toward purchasing the land where the college now stands in Atlanta, Georgia.
*Laura Spelman Rockefeller was born on this date in 1839. She was a white-American abolitionist, philanthropist, and schoolteacher. Laura Celestia Spelman was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Puritan descendants Harvey Buell Spelman and Lucy Henry, Yankees who had moved to Ohio from Massachusetts.
In October 1918 John D. Rockefeller established the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial. For its first four years the Memorial focused on providing resources to assist the well-being of women and children.
This paper discusses the role of the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, a foundation set up by John D. Rockefeller Sr. in memory of his wife, which between 1923 and 1928, under its director Beardsley Ruml, distributed twenty million dollars for social science research.
Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller, (September 9, 1839 - March 12, 1915), (known as Cettie), was a philanthropist, the namesake of Spelman College, founded to educate black women in the...
Information about how the Obermann Center uses Laura Spelman Rockefeller funding to support artists, scholars, and researchers whose work focuses on the well-being and education of children and families.
