Person: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

The People’s Institute and the Ukrainian Needlecraft Guild offer a lens through which to examine the entanglement of Progressive Era reform, immigration, labor, and early twentieth-century philanthropy.

The nation’s parks, perhaps our most remarkable public resource, have a history of development through private giving.

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller’s passion for modern art influenced her children, especially her son Nelson Rockefeller, and continues to reach the public through the museum she co-founded.