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Emily Thorn <I>Vanderbilt</I> White

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Emily Thorn Vanderbilt White

Birth
New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
Death
28 Jul 1946 (aged 94)
Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
New Dorp, Richmond County, New York, USA
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Sloane Mausoleum
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American philanthropist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She was born in 1852 as the fifth child, and second daughter, of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000. The hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and still in use today. In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts. In 1872, the twenty year old Vanderbilt was married to William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915). Sloane was the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and together, Emily and William became the parents of three daughters and two sons. In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles. She died on July 28, 1946.
American philanthropist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She was born in 1852 as the fifth child, and second daughter, of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000. The hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and still in use today. In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts. In 1872, the twenty year old Vanderbilt was married to William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915). Sloane was the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and together, Emily and William became the parents of three daughters and two sons. In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles. She died on July 28, 1946.

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