# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matilda-dodge-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:40:25.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matilda-dodge-wilson"
name: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
slug: "matilda-dodge-wilson"
description: "Matilda Dodge Wilson was an American politician and heiress who was the 43rd lieutenant governor of Michigan. Ranked as one of the wealthiest women in the world, she was the widow of John Francis Dodge, who co-founded the Dodge motor car company in Detroit with his brother Horace Elgin Dodge. She co-founded the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland University, with her husband Alfred Wilson, and John A. Hannah. The new university was built on her 1,400-acre (5.7 km2) estate, Meadow Brook Farms."
tagline: "American politician (1883-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matildadodge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1883-10-19"
deathDate: "1967-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.91
  momentum:             0.009285051067780872
  historical:           5.705474666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Dodge_Wilson"
    title: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%AC_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماتیلدا دودج ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Dodge_Wilson"
    title: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Dodge_Wilson"
    title: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Dodge_Wilson"
    title: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Dodge_Wilson"
    title: "Matilda Dodge Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6787503"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump