Dodge, Grace Hoadley (1856-1914)

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Grace Hoadley Dodge to Jane Addams, January 28, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to David Starr Jordan and Clifford G. Roe, January 31, 1913

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, December 13, 1921

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Birth Date

1856-05-21

Death Date

1914-12-24

Birthplace

New York City, NY

Biographical Text

Grace Hoadley Dodge was a philanthropist. She was educated privately and spent two years at Miss Sarah Porter's School in Connecticut. She then taught Sunday School at the Madison Square Chapel and in industrial schools for the Children's Aid Society. Dodge founded the Kitchen Garden Association, which later became the Industrial Education Association. She helped fund the New York College for the Training of Teachers and organized the first Working Girls Society in 1884. In 1885, Dodge founded the Association of Working Girls' Societies. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Young Women's Christian Association and Travelers Aid Society of New York.
After her death, she left an estate of $6,977,747. The majority of this was given to charity, while some of it went to her brother, Cleveland H. Dodge, and her nieces and nephews.

Dodge died in 1914.

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Female

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1913

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"Miss Dodge Left $6,977,747 Estate," The New York Times, December 31, 1914, p. 9.

Grace Hoadley Dodge Papers, 1856-1914, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College.

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“Dodge, Grace Hoadley (1856-1914),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/5899.