Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Hall of fame inductee
1843 – 1892
Who was Frances Wisebart Jacobs?
Frances Wisebart Jacobs was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married her brother Jacob Wisebart's partner, Abraham Jacobs, and came west with him to Colorado where Wisebart and Jacob's 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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- Born
- Mar 29, 1843
Harrodsburg - Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Denver
- Died
- Nov 3, 1892
Denver
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on July 23, 2013
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