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Frank Armstrong Crawford-Vanderbilt (January 18, 1839 – May 4, 1885) was an American socialite and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, she was a strong supporter of the Confederate States of America. After the war, she lived in New York City and married multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt.
[Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt] | Strengthening Ties: The Hidden Individuals behind Vanderbilt’s Founding. Creator Louis Alman, New York, NY. Date 1870. Type Photograph. Source John James Tigert IV Collection, Vanderbilt University Special Collections.
11 de abr. de 2011 · On Aug. 21, 1869, Vanderbilt married the oddly named Frank Armstrong Crawford. He was 75; she was 32, and his second wife. She was also from Mobile, Ala., and an unrepentant Confederate.
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- Female
- January 18, 1839
- John F Elliott, Cornelius Vanderbilt
- May 4, 1885
18 de mar. de 2021 · In 1873, Vanderbilt’s second wife, an Alabaman named Frank Armstrong Crawford, convinced Vanderbilt to make a half-million dollar donation to McTyeire to found the university. Crawford prided herself on being a rebel and was a staunch Confederate during the war.
On March 17, 1873, railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt moved to “strengthen the ties” between the North and the war-torn South by endowing the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. While Bishop Holland McTyeire is credited with inspiring Vanderbilt’s gift, a network of hidden individuals helped actualize this dream.
27 de mar. de 2023 · The university was founded eight years after the end of the Civil War with a $1 million gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife, Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt. It was the largest philanthropic commitment in U.S. history at the time.
