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Frances Wisebart Jacobs

American philanthropist · United States · Business Professionals · Lived 1843 to 1892 · aged 49

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Frances Jacobs was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Jewish Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Abraham Jacobs, the partner of her brother Jacob, and came west with him to Colorado where Wisebart and Jacobs had established businesses in Denver and Central City.

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Awards

National Women's Hall of Fame1994
Colorado Women's Hall of Fame1987

About this person

Frances Jacobs was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Jewish Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Abraham Jacobs, the partner of her brother Jacob, and came west with him to Colorado where Wisebart and Jacobs had established businesses in Denver and Central City. In Denver, Frances Jacobs became a driving force for the city's charitable organizations and activities, with national exposure. Among the philanthropical organizations she founded, she is best remembered as a founder of the United Way and the Denver's Jewish Hospital Association.

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Country
United States
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1843 to 1892 · aged 49

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