Rich in Good Works: Mary M. Emery of Cincinnati (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781884836664)

At the death of her husband in 1906, Mary Muhlenberg Emery (1844-1927) became one of the richest women in the United States. Recognizing her vast responsibility, she embarked on a philanthropic program that endowed or initiated children's programs, hospitals and medical institutions, orphanages, colleges and universities, an art museum, a zoological park, various cultural agencies, and other causes that benefited humankind. Mary Emery's most costly benefactions were directed to the founding of Mariemont, Ohio, a planned community near Cincinnati, and to the formation of a major collection of paintings. Her paintings by such old masters as Titian, Mantegna, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, and Hals were bequeathed to the Cincinnati Art Museum. This well-illustrated biography explores her gifts and life from its beginnings in New York City through family tragedies to the legacy she left behind.

Author: Millard F. Rogers Jr
ISBN-10: 1884836666
ISBN-13: 9781884836664
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2009
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d