Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane (Emily Thorn Vanderbilt) by Benjamin Curtis Porter
BornJanuary 31, 1852
Staten Island, New York, US
DiedJuly 28, 1946(1946-07-28) (aged 94)
Lenox, Massachusetts, US
OccupationPhilanthropist
Spouses
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(m. 1872; died 1915)​
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(m. 1920; died 1927)​
Children
  • Florence Adele Sloane
  • Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
  • Lila Vanderbilt Sloane
  • William Douglas Sloane
  • Malcolm Douglas Vanderbilt Sloane
Parent(s)William Henry Vanderbilt
Maria Louisa Kissam
Elm Court, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1903

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (January 31, 1852 – July 28, 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.[1][2]

  1. ^ "WILLIAM D. SLOANE DIES IN AIKEN, S. C.; New York Merchant and Financier Expires After a Short Illness, at 71. A TRUSTEE OF COLUMBIA Endowed with His Wife the Sloane Hospital for Women -- A Benefactor of Yale". The New York Times. 20 March 1915.
  2. ^ "Open Surgical Ward in Sloane Hospital" (PDF). The New York Times. 1911-03-02. Retrieved 2007-10-30.