Anne Harriman Vanderbilt
| Anne Harriman Vanderbilt | |
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Anne, circa 1915
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| Born |
Anne Harriman February 17, 1861 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 1940 (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) |
Samuel Stevens Sands II (m. 1884; his death 1889) Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, Jr. (m. 1890; his death 1901) William Kissam Vanderbilt (m. 1903; his death 1920) |
| Children | George Winthrop Sands Samuel Stevens Sands III Barbara Rutherfurd Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd |
| Parent(s) |
Oliver Harriman Laura Low Harriman |
| Relatives |
Oliver Harriman, Jr. (brother) J. Borden Harriman (brother) Herbert M. Harriman (brother) E. H. Harriman (cousin) |
| Awards | Légion d'Honneur |
Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd Vanderbilt (February 17, 1861 – April 20, 1940) was an American heiress known for her marriages to prominent men and her role in the development of the Sutton Place neighborhood as a fashionable place to live.
Anne was born on February 17, 1861. She was one of eight children born to banker Oliver Harriman (1829–1904) and Laura (née Low) Harriman (1834–1901). Her siblings included Oliver Harriman, Jr. (1862-1940), J. Borden Harriman (1864–1914), and Herbert M. Harriman (1873–1933). Her first cousin E. H. Harriman, father of Governor W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986).
In 1903, along with Anne Morgan and Elisabeth Marbury, Anne helped organize the Colony Club, the first women's social club in New York. They engaged Stanford White, then New York's most famous architect, to design the interiors of the Club.
Anne was also known for her philanthropy and for devoting "herself to those less fortunate". She financed the construction of the "open-stair" apartment houses, four large buildings that contained almost 400 apartments on Avenue A (now known as York Avenue) in Manhattan. The buildings were created to house tuberculosis patients. Vanderbilt donated $1,000,000 and the buildings were completed in 1910.
In 1916, she hosted a fundraiser for the war sufferers of Venice.
In 1919, she was made a Knight of the Légion d'Honneur by the French government and in 1932, she received the rank of Officer of the Légion d'Honneur.
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