Lucy Skidmore Scribner
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Lucy Skidmore Scribner (July 4, 1853 - May 3, 1931) was the founder of Skidmore College
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. The couple resided at 21 East 48th Street in New York for their marriage. In 1879, after just 4 years of marriage, Lucy was widowed when her husband died of pneumonia
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In 1903, she created "The Young Women's Industrial Club", and in 1911, the club was renamed the "Skidmore School of Arts" and chartered as a college to vocationally and professionally train young women. She died on May 3, 1931.
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
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Biography
She was born in on July 4, 1853 to Joseph Russell Skidmore (1821–1882), a coal merchant, and Lucy Ann Hawley (1821–1853). Lucy’s grandparents were Jeremiah and Judith Ludlam Skidmore and Irad and Sarah Holmes Hawley. In 1875 she married John Blair ScribnerJohn Blair Scribner
John Blair Scribner was the president of Charles Scribner's Sons from 1871 to 1879.-Biography:He was born on June 4, 1850 to Charles Scribner I and Emma Elizabeth Blair . His grandfather and namesake was John Insley Blair. He attended Princeton College, but did not graduate...
. The couple resided at 21 East 48th Street in New York for their marriage. In 1879, after just 4 years of marriage, Lucy was widowed when her husband died of pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
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In 1903, she created "The Young Women's Industrial Club", and in 1911, the club was renamed the "Skidmore School of Arts" and chartered as a college to vocationally and professionally train young women. She died on May 3, 1931.