Adele Lewisohn Lehman
| Adele Lewisohn Lehman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Adele Lewisohn May 17, 1882 New York City |
| Died | August 11, 1965 Purchase, New York |
| Cause of death | cerebral hemorrhage |
| Residence | Purchase, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Lehman |
| Children |
Dorothy Lehman Bernhard Frances Lehman Loeb Helen Lehman Buttenwieser |
| Parent(s) | Emma Cahn Lewisohn Adolph Lewisohn |
| Relatives |
Leonard Lewisohn (uncle) Jesse Lewisohn (cousin) Alice Lewisohn (cousin) Irene Lewisohn (cousin) Robert A. Bernhard (grandson) Mayer Lehman (father-in-law) |
Adele Lewisohn Lehman (May 17, 1882 – August 11, 1965) was an American philanthropist and member of the Lehman family.
Adele Lewisohn Lehman was born to a Jewish family on May 17, 1882 in New York City, the daughter of Emma (née Cahn) and Adolph Lewisohn.
Her father and his brothers (Julius and Leonard) were known as "copper kings" after making their fortune opening copper mines to fuel demand for copper wire with the advent of electricity; her father was also a leader in prison reform.
Lehman attended the Anne Brown School and then Barnard College.
Coming from wealth and marrying into wealth, Lehman was a prominent philanthropist. Although Lehman was an honorary chairperson for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (founded by her husband Arthur Lehman), most of her philanthropic efforts were secular. She was a board member of the New York Service for the Orthopedically Handicapped; was both a founder and board member of the Arthur Lehman Counseling Service; served as the president of the East Side Free School for Crippled Children; the Purple Box, an outlet for the sale of goods made by disabled women; served as director of the Adoption Bureau; was a board member of the New York Board of Charities; a member of the Crusade for Children (part of the Child Welfare League of America); served as vice president of the League of Women Voters until 1945; and served on the board of directors for the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York (elected 1947); and was a board member of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society. In 1957, the Adele Lehman Hall at Barnard College was named in her honor; the hall held the Wollman Library until 2015.
On November 25, 1901, she married Arthur Lehman (1873-1936), son of Babette (nee Newgass) and Mayer Lehman. Arthur belong to the prominent Lehman family: his father was a co-founder of Lehman Brothers; his brother Herbert H. Lehman, was a former governor and senator of New York; and his brother, Irving Lehman, was a former judge of the New York state court of appeals. They had three daughters: Dorothy Lehman Bernhard (1904-1969), Helen Lehman Buttenwieser (1905-1989), and Frances Lehman Loeb (1906-1996). Lehman died of a cerebral hemorrhage on August 11, 1965 at her home in Purchase, New York. Lehman belonged to Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan. She was also a championship tennis player and won thirty-eight competitions.
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