Helen Miller Gould
| Helen Miller Gould Shepard | |
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| Born |
Helen Miller Gould June 20, 1868 Manhattan |
| Died | December 21, 1938 (aged 70) Roxbury, New York |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouse(s) | Finlay Johnson Shepard (1867–1942) |
| Parent(s) |
Jay Gould Helen Day Miller (1838–1889) |
| Relatives |
George Jay Gould I, brother Edwin Gould I, brother Anna Gould, sister Frank Jay Gould, brother |
Helen Miller Gould Shepard (June 20, 1868 – December 21, 1938) was an American philanthropist born in Manhattan in New York City.
Born as Helen Miller Gould she was the first-born daughter of Jay Gould and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). Her sister Anna Gould was another prominent heiress.
She attended New York University School of Law, and she married Finley Johnson Shepard (1867–1942) on January 22, 1913.
They adopted three children and had one foster child, Louis Seton. The adopted children were:
Helen had also cared for her brother Frank Gould's twin daughters, Helen Margaret and Dorothy (b. 1904) by his first wife, Helen Kelly.
In 1918 she and Emma Baker Kennedy (c. 1833–1930) became the first female vice presidents of the American Bible Society.
At the commencement of the Spanish–American War, she donated US$100,000 to the United States government in support of the war. She gave an additional US$50,000 toward military hospital supplies and was active in the Women's National War Relief Association, working in a hospital for wounded soldiers. She donated the library building at New York University and began the Hall of Fame. She gave US$10,000 for the engineering school. She gave additional contributions to Rutgers College. Both the YMCA and the YWCA benefited from her contributions, as well as other organizations. She was a member of the board of the Russell Sage Foundation and of the national board of the YWCA.
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