Ladd, Kate Macy (1863–1945)

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Ladd, Kate Macy (1863–1945)

American philanthropist. Born Catherine Everit Macy, April 6, 1863, in New York, NY; died Aug 27, 1945, in Far Hills, NJ; dau. of Josiah Macy Jr. and Caroline Louise (Everit) Macy; m. Walter Graeme Ladd (lawyer), Dec 5, 1883.

Continued family tradition of philanthropy, with particular interest in medical field; created Maple Cottage, convalescent home for women in Peapack, NJ (1908); donated infirmary to New Jersey College for Women at New Brunswick (later Douglass College); regularly supported Berry School in GA, YWCA, visiting-nurse service of Henry Street Settlement, and Maine Seacoast Missionary Society; created medical research-oriented Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (1930).