Phoebe Apperson was born in a tiny town near St. Louis in 1842, the eldest child of parents who made sure that their daughter got a good education and who taught her the value of hard work.

“The Bonanza King” by Gregory Crouch (Scribner). Like our own Leadville, Virginia City, Nev., is a bucolic town, a remnant of the past that lives on bygone glory. But in the second half of the ...

Phoebe Apperson Hearst may have been the wife of Senator George Hearst — who was an extraordinary gold miner and businessman — but she was also his business partner. “They wrote letters to ...

“Phoebe Apperson Hearst: An American Treasure” is set in 1898 — the same year Hearst, then UC Berkeley’s first female regent, ...

Hearst Castle, which was designed by Julia Morgan, was built by William Randolf Hearst (1863-1951) the only son of George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. George Hearst (1820-1891) made a fortune in mining ...

Phoebe Hearst Cooke, a former member of the Hearst Corp. board of directors and a Bay Area philanthropist who took special interest in the charitable organizations established by her grandfather ...

TROY -- The YWCA of the Greater Capital Region will honor suffragist and education pioneer Phoebe Apperson Hearst at its annual Resourceful Women’s Luncheon as part of marking the centennial of ...

Elizabeth Emanuel, who helped create Princess DIana's wedding gown in 1981, was sent a dress that appears to have belonged originally to Phoebe Hearst A stroke of luck has inspired one of the ...

Millicent Hearst Boudjakdji, ... Phoebe Apperson Hearst, who was committed to children’s education and co-founded the Parent Teacher Association, or the PTA. ...