16 Facts About Phoebe Hearst

Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist.

Phoebe Hearst was born Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson in St Clair, Missouri, in Franklin County, the daughter of Drucilla and Randolph Walker Apperson.

Phoebe Hearst's childhood consisted of helping her father with finances at his store, learning French, and playing the piano.

In 1902, Phoebe Hearst funded the construction of a building to provide teacher training and to house kindergarten classes and the association's offices.

Phoebe Hearst was a major benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley, and its first woman regent, serving on the board from 1897 until her death.

Phoebe Hearst funded the Phoebe Hearst Library in Anaconda, Montana, in 1898.

Phoebe Hearst became a close friend of Dr William Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, who was a medical doctor who treated her for a heart condition.

In 1901, Phoebe Hearst founded the University of California Museum of Anthropology, later called the Robert H Lowie Museum of Anthropology and renamed the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology in 1992.

Phoebe Hearst was named to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association as the second vice-regent representing California.

Phoebe Hearst held that position from 1889 to 1918, contributing much time and money to the restoration of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, furnishing it with Washington-owned objects and improving the visitor experience.

The William Randolph Phoebe Hearst Foundation continues to fund projects at Mount Vernon in her memory.

Phoebe Hearst donated money to the restoration of Pohick Church in Virginia, and donated a pipe organ to St Stephen's Church in California, where she was a parishioner.

Phoebe Hearst was raised a member of the Christian Cumberland Presbyterian community in the 1840s.

Phoebe Hearst had already been an early investor in the initiative of Sarah Farmer using the Greenacre Inn as a summer center of cross-religion gatherings and cultural development shortly after the 1893 Parliament of Religions.

Phoebe Hearst invited Bolles to travel to Palestine with her, believing that the change of air would be conducive to her health.

Phoebe Hearst had been a victim of an incident seeking to extort money from her, which had caused her estrangement from some Baha'is.