Abby Rockefeller

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (October 26, 1874 – April 5, 1948) was a prominent American socialite and philanthropist and the second-generation matriarch of the renowned Rockefeller family. Referred to as the "woman in the family", she was especially noteworthy for being the driving force behind the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art, on 53rd Street in New York, in November 1929. She was the daughter of Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abby Pearce Chapman. Abby Greene Aldrich married John Davison Rockefeller Jr., son of John Davison Rockefeller Sr. and Laura C. Spelman, on 9 October 1901.

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