Mary Tileston Hemenway
Mary Tileston Hemenway | |
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| Born | December 20, 1820 New York City |
| Died | March 6, 1894 (aged 73) Beacon Hill, Boston, MA |
| Spouse | Edward Augustus Holyoke Hemenway |
| Children | 5 |
Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (December 20, 1820 – March 6, 1894) was an American philanthropist. She funded Civil War hospitals, numerous educational institutions from the Reconstruction era until the late 1880s, founded a physical education teacher training program for women, and funded research for the preservation of culturally valuable historical sites.