biography
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Rockefeller, Abby (Greene) Aldrich
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pronunciation:
[rokuhfeler]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1874–1948)
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| biography:
| Philanthropist and art patron, born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She was the daughter of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, and the mother of Nelson A Rockefeller. A debutante who married John D Rockefeller Jr (1901), she directed much of her generous philanthropy towards art. She was instrumental in founding (1929) the Museum of Modern Art, of which she was a major benefactor, and with her husband she helped plan the restoration of colonial Williamsburg, where she initiated the folk art collection that bears her name. |
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