The news that the heir of the Rockefeller fortune was marrying the daughter of a prominent Rhode Island senator made headlines in the fall of 1901. But Abby Aldrich, the bride, had more than a ...

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, in many regards a traditional spouse, mother, and homemaker, understood the oxymoronic challenge posed by a museum of the modern. With a fervent band of sympathizers ...

The five Rockefeller brothers. Left to right: David, Winthrop, John D Rockefeller III, Nelson and Laurance A family like no other While Abby Rockefeller pursued charitable work out of the public ...

Born in 1874, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was a socialite and philanthropist. Rockefeller launched into her charitable acts when the U.S. entered World War I, financing the work of the American Red ...

S. Grocer-Senator. Born 61 years ago in Providence, R. I., Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller has known great wealth and its power all her life. Her father, the late Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich ...

During a visit to the Soviet Union in 1927, he would paint a collection of sketches that would be purchased by an avid American collector of modern art — Abby Rockefeller. Abby's interest in the ...

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Stud- ies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the author of the New York ...