Occupation heiress Name Emily Vanderbilt | Parents William Henry Vanderbilt | |
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Spouse(s) William Douglas SloaneHenry White Children Florence Adele SloaneLila SloaneEmily Vanderbilt Sloane Great-grandparents Cornelius van Derbilt, Phebe Hand Similar People Cornelius Vanderbilt, William Henry Vanderbilt, Florence Adele Vanderbil, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Eliza Osgood Vanderbil | ||
Grandparents Cornelius Vanderbilt | ||
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852 – July 29, 1946) was an American philanthropist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women in 1888 with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.
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Early life
She was born in 1852 as the fifth child, and second daughter, of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). Her paternal grandparents were Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) and his wife, Sophia Johnson (1795–1868).
Philanthropy and work
She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000. The hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and still in use today.
In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Personal life
She married William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915), the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and they had three daughters and two sons. Together, they were the parents of:
In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles.
She died on July 29, 1946 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Descendants
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Sloane White's grandchildren include Adele Hammond, paternal grandmother of actor Timothy Olyphant, Alice Frances Hammond, wife of jazz musician Benny Goodman, Rachel Hammond, wife of Manley D. Breck and cattle breeder, and John Henry Hammond II, talent scout.