Emily Jordan Folger

Emily Jordan Folger
Born	Emily Clara Jordan (1858-05-15)15 May 1858 Ironton, Ohio
Died	21 February 1936(1936-02-21) (aged 77) Glen Cove, Long Island
Education	Miss Ranney's School Vassar College
Known for	Folger Shakespeare Library
Spouse(s)	Henry Clay Folger (1885–1930; his death)
Parent(s)	Edward W. Jordan Augusta Woodbury Ricker

Emily Jordan Folger (May 15, 1858 – February 21, 1936) was the co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside her husband Henry Clay Folger. During her husband's lifetime, she assisted him in building the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. After his death in 1930, she funded the completion of the Folger Shakespeare Library to house the collection, remaining involved with its administration until her death in 1936.

In 1932, she became the third woman to receive an honorary degree from Amherst College, following Mary Emma Woolley, president of Mount Holyoke College, in 1901; and Martha Dickinson Bianchi, editor of Emily Dickinson's poems, in 1931.^[1]