Margaret Sage, Philanthropist

Title

Margaret Sage, Philanthropist

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

Relation

Rights

Library of Congress

Publisher

Library of Congress

Contributor

Library of Congress

Format

Photograph

Language

English

Type

Figures

Identifier

Women

Coverage

Historic

Files

margaretsage.jpg

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.