Margaret Sage, Philanthropist
Title
Margaret Sage, Philanthropist
Subject
Description
When Margaret Sage inherited a fortune from her husband’s passing, her wealth went up along with many new buildings. She used her newfound fortune to aide women and education, such as creating Russell Sage College for women in Troy, New York. It offered liberal arts and professional degrees to women to help empower their lives. A few years after the built the college, the funded the Russell Sage Foundation Homes as a suburban community. She also organized and funded the effort to build the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, which was named after her grandfather. For continuing education for women, she gave $300,000 to Cornell University for the construction of a women's dormitory, Risley Hall, and the construction of the Olivia Josselyn House at Vassar College.
Creator
Bain News Service
Date
2 April 2010
Source
Margaret Sage
Source Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage. (2012, October 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, October 17, 2012, from http://bit.ly/TuPslO
Source Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage. (2012, October 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, October 17, 2012, from http://bit.ly/TuPslO
Relation
Link: Library of Congress
Rights
Library of Congress
Publisher
Library of Congress
Contributor
Library of Congress
Format
Photograph
Language
English
Type
Figures
Identifier
Women
Coverage
Historic
Files
Collection
Reference
Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 2 April 2010
Cite As
Bain News Service, “Margaret Sage, Philanthropist,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 29, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/56.