Photograph, Jeannette Rockefeller

 
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Photograph, Jeannette Rockefeller

Object number2015.010.08
DateNovember 23, 1964
Associated LocationSan Francisco, California
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Mrs. Jeannette Rockefeller, wife of Winthrop Rockefeller, standing in front of The Mental Health Bell in San Francisco. Mrs. Rockefeller was elected president of the National Association of Mental Health, an organization that she served on the board of directors since 1959. She had previously been president of the Arkansas Association for Mental Health. The photograph was taken November 23, 1964. It is an Associated Press WirePhoto.

    Jeannette Edris Rockefeller was born on July 13, 1918 in Seattle, Washington. Jeannette married Winthrop Rockefeller on June 11, 1956. In 1959 Jeannette and Winthrop did a statewide fundraising campaign for the Museum of Fine Arts (now the Arkansas Arts Center). Jeannette became the president of the Arkansas Arts Center Board of Trustees in 1960 and held the position until 1968. She went on to serve as the president for the Arkansas and National Associations for Mental Health, a trustee for the Research Foundation of the National Association for Mental Health, Inc., Finch College in New York City, and Philander Smith College during the 1960s. Jeannette divorced Winthrop in 1971. She died on December 7, 1997 and is buried in Seattle.
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