BANKING HEIRESS FORSAKES WEALTH, Devotes Her Life to Helping Underprivileged Minorities

Twenty million dollars.  That’s how much St. Katharine Drexel donated to the education and care of the poor. The young Philadelphia heiress—raised by her father, banking magnate Frederick Drexel, and her stepmother Emma Bouvier—had more money than most people can imagine.  She was well educated, and had traveled widely throughout …read more
Source: Seasons of Grace by Kathy Schiffer  

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