Sophia Curtiss Hoffman | |
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| Born | Sophia Curtiss 1825 |
| Died | September 12, 1905 |
| Other names | Mrs. George Hoffman |
| Occupation | philanthropist |
| Known for | Chapin Home for the Aged |
Sophia Curtiss Hoffman (née, Curtiss; also known as, Mrs. George Hoffman; 1825 – September 12, 1905) was an American philanthropist, known as the Helen Gould of the early 1870s.[1] She was the founder of the benevolent institution known as the Chapin Home for the Aged, in New York City. She was also numbered among the reformers, as one of the first treasurers of the Association for the Advancement of Women, and a vice-president of the Woman's Centenary Association of the Universalist Church.[2]
- ^ "SOPHIA HOFFMAN, THE HELEN GOULD OF THE EARLY SEVENTIES". The Minneapolis Journal. 20 September 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hanaford, Phebe Ann (1882). Daughters of America: Or, Women of the Century. B. B. Russell. pp. 144–46. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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