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Lizzie Merrill Palmer
Lizzie Merrill Palmer | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Lizzie Pitts Merrill Palmer c. 1884 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Pitts Merrill October 8, 1838 Portland, Maine |
| Died | July 28, 1916 (aged 77) Great Neck, Long Island, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | philanthropist |
| Known for | founded the Merrill-Palmer Institute |
| Spouse |
Thomas W. Palmer
(m. 1855; died in 1913) |
Elizabeth Pitts Palmer (née Merrill; October 8, 1838 – July 28, 1916), known as Lizzie Merrill Palmer or Lizzie Palmer, was an American philanthropist whose bequest founded the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit. She was also a founder of the Michigan Humane Society, active in the women's suffrage movement, and a benefactor of the Detroit Institute of Arts.[1]
- ^ Mason, Philip P. Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008, pp.145--146.
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