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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.
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.
An Alabama native like her cousin Amelia, Frank Armstrong Crawford married Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1869. He was seventy-five and she was thirty. Strongly devoted to the Methodist Church, her letters to McTyeire suggest that Frank played a critical role in priming Cornelius to sponsor a Southern Methodist institution.
While Bishop Holland McTyeire is credited with inspiring Vanderbilt’s gift, a network of hidden individuals helped actualize this dream. Vanderbilt’s second wife, Frank, and her cousin Amelia McTyeire forged “silent but golden” links in Vanderbilt’s ties to influential post-Civil War circles.
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.
20 de jun. de 2023 · Jun 20, 2023, 10:30 AM. Edited by Seth Robertson. Illustrations by Chris Wormell. In March 1873, Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife, Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt, gave a charitable gift that was groundbreaking in every sense of the word.
The Frank Armstrong Crawford Lecture. Wednesday, March 31. 7:00 p.m. You are cordially invited to attend this year’s Crawford Lecture featuring Amelia Nagoski, co-author of “Burnout: The Secrets to Unlocking the Stress Cycle”. The Zoom webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 pm CT.
