Ellin Prince Speyer
Ellin Leslie Prince Lowery Speyer (October 14, 1849 - February 23, 1921) was a New York City philanthropist.[1]
Biography
She was born on October 14, 1849 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Her grandfather was John Dyneley Prince (1779—1860).[1][2] She married John A. Lowery in 1871. He died in 1892.[3] Then in 1897 she married New York City banker James Speyer,[4] who survived her.
In 1914 she established the Hospital of the New York Women's League for Animals.[5]
She died on February 23, 1921.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, and Paul Samuel Boyer (1971). Notable American women, 1607-1950. Harvard University Press.
Ellin Speyer's most intense single interest, however, was in animal welfare. ... named after her death the Ellin Prince Speyer Free Hospital for Animals. ...
- ↑ John Dyneley Prince (1868—1945) was her nephew.
- ↑ Barbara L. Ciccarelli (1999). "Speyer, Ellin Prince". American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Herman E. Krooss (1973). "Speyer, James Joseph". Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement Three (1941-1945). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ↑ "History". Animal Medical Center of New York. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
The Animal Medical Center began in 1906 as the brainchild of Ellin Prince Speyer when she founded the Women’s Auxiliary to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ... The new animal hospital opened in 1914, just down the street from the original clinic’s location.
External links
- "Speyer-Lowery Nuptials". New York Times. 12 November 1897.
- "Personal and Otherwise". New York Times. 5 May 1907. Short biography. Portrait in pictorial section.
- "Protecting the Animals". New York Times. 19 December 1911.
- "Thousands of Animals Helped by this Rescue League". New York Times. 11 May 1913.
- "Mrs. James Speyer Dies at 12:45 a.m.". New York Times. 23 February 1921.