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Nancy Skinner Nordhoff
Nancy Skinner Nordhoff is an American philanthropist and environmentalist. Nordhoff's work is primarily focused in the Seattle and Langley, Washington regions, where she works to empower women, support rural communities and promote environmentalism of Washington's flora and fauna. In 2006 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project.
==Personal life and education==
Nordhoff was raised in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, Washington by her parents, Winifred and Gilbert Skinner.〔 She was the youngest daughter of three children. Her family historically philanthropists. Her grandmother, Jeannette C. Skinner was one of the founders of the Seattle Children's Hospital, and her grandfather, Edward Skinner, was intricate in Alaska's economy. Her brother, D.E. Ned Skinner helped to improve Seattle life during the 20th-century and helped create the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and would help fund the restoration of the 5th Avenue Theatre.〔
Nordhoff described her home life as "broken." Her parents were divorced by the time she was five. She grew up living with her mother, who was a career volunteer. She attended St. Nicholas School, an independent, private all girls school, now part of Lakeside in Seattle and played volleyball in school.〔 In 1954 she graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in chemistry.〔〔 After school she would go on to get her pilot's license and would fly a single engine Piper Tripacer across the country during her early days of philanthropy, between 1955 and 1957.〔 In 1957 she met Arthur Nordhoff, the son of the founder of Bellevue Airfield.〔 They would be married and have three children.〔
At the age of 50 Nordhoff quit all volunteer projects and bought a van and drove traveled the country, which served as her mid-life crisis. Through her travels she sought to find herself and explore her place in the world. This time would provide the inspiration for the Hedgebrook Retreat Center. Still an active philanthropist. Nordhoff lives in Langley, Washington with her spouse Lynn Hays.〔
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