Elizabeth Milbank Anderson

Elizabeth Milbank Anderson (December 20, 1850 – February 22, 1921), American philanthropist and advocate for public health and women's education, was the daughter of Jeremiah Milbank (1818–1884), a successful commission merchant, manufacturer and investor, and Elizabeth Lake (1827–1891).^[1] Anderson established in 1905 one of the first foundations funded by a woman, the Memorial Fund Association (renamed the Milbank Memorial Fund in 1921), with gifts of $9.3 million by the time of her death.^[2] Anderson in her lifetime supported a wide range of health and social reform efforts during the Progressive Era, from tuberculosis and diphtheria eradication to relief work for European children following World War I, for which she was made in 1919 a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government.^[3]

^ "Notable American Women 1607–1950 A Biographical Dictionary", Edward T. James, ed., Belknap Press of Harvard University 1971 Vol. I p. 42
^ "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
^ Notable American Women Vol I

[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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