Helen Gould, Army Supporter

Helen Gould, Army Supporter

You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the Spanish-American war. In addition, she gave $50,000 toward military hospital supplies and also aided wounded soldiers by becoming a member of the Women's National War Relief Association. When the war ended, she still found places that needed her aide and so put her efforts towards education. She gave the government another $10,000 to construct an engineering school, and gave additional contributions to Rutgers College. She also donated a library building at the New York University, and was active in the YMCA and YWCA programs.

Bain News Service

22 January 1913

Helen Miller Shepard

Source: Helen Miller Shepard. (2012, March 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 16, 2012, from http://bit.ly/TZo5Ww

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