Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley (1856-1921)

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American Committee for the Relief of Russian Women and Children

Edwin Morrell to Jane Addams, January 4, 1911

Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, General Committee List, March 1911

Relief for Russian Women and Children, 1920

Statements on H. H. Powers, October 26, 1901 (excerpts)

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Birth Date

1856-01-01

Death Date

1921-03-17

Birthplace

Chesterville, OH

Biographical Text

Frank W. Gunsaulus was a pastor and an educator. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and was later ordained to the Methodist Ministry and Congregational ministry. In 1887, he joined the Plymouth Congregational Church in Chicago, where he was inspired by the church's Armour Mission which had no restrictions based on race or class. While ministering at this church, Gunsaulus delivered his famous "Million Dollar Sermon," where he stated that, if he had a million dollars, he would start a school for children to learn about working in the industrial age. After delivering this speech, Philip D. Armour of the Armour Mission offered Gunsaulus money to start the school. Gunsaulus then became a founder and the first president of the Armor Institute of Technology.

Gunsaulus married Georgeanna Long in 1875. They had three children together. Gunsaulus died in 1921.

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DeLora, Renee

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

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Male

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1911

Bibliography and Links

"A Guide to the Collections: Frank W. Gunsaulus," Illinois Institute of Technology University Archives & Special Collections, Galvin Library, Chicago.

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“Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley (1856-1921),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed December 4, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4146.