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Nancy Fowler McCormick
Nancy "Nettie" Fowler (1835–1923) was an American philanthropist. She was also a prominent member of the McCormick family
==Life==
She was born in 1835 and was raised by her grandmother in Clayton, New York. She met Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1857 while visiting friends in Chicago. They were married in 1858. While Cyrus was working out a controversy involving his patent of the reaper they lived in Washington, DC. She had a keen business sense and became a great asset to her husband. Nettie became his financial counselor and oversaw many of the business affairs. She toured expositions in McCormick's interest making contacts for the company. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. But, despite Cyrus' thoughts of retirement afterward, Nettie insisted on rebuilding even larger than before.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Experience - Chicago: City of the Century - People & Events )〕
The McCormicks provided $100,000 to bring the Hanover Seminary to Chicago.〔The Philanthropy Hall of Fame, (Nettie Fowler McCormick )〕 The school was renamed McCormick Theological Seminary soon after Cyrus's death in 1884. Nettie continued to fund buildings, endowing professorships, and scholarships at the seminary even after his death.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McCormick Theological Seminary - Cross-Cultural Urban Reformed Ecumenical )〕 Nettie donated to over forty schools and colleges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A421 List of People )〕 At the time of her death she left more than $1 million to be divided among various institutions. At Tusculum College, one of the many colleges Nettie supported, every September 13 observes Nettie Fowler McCormick Service Day. On this day students perform community service in her honor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TUSCULUM COLLEGE - News for Alumni, Parents and Friends )〕 She is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
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