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MRS. GEORGE M. PULLMAN
(Harriet
Sanger)
Harriet Sanger was born in Chicago, April 18, 1842,
<strong>the</strong> only daughter <strong>of</strong> James Young and Mary Catharine
McKibben Sanger. She attended schools in Chicago, St.
Louis and Sacramento, California, as her fa<strong>the</strong>r's contracting
business took him away from home at times.
In 1866 she met George M. Pullman, and on June 13,
1867, <strong>the</strong>y were married in Chicago, where <strong>the</strong>y resided
until <strong>the</strong>ir deaths. Four children were born to <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong>
when in <strong>the</strong> city.
older daughter, Florence, becoming <strong>the</strong> wife <strong>of</strong> Frank O.
Lowden, afterwards a Governor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State.
Mrs. Pullman held membership in <strong>the</strong> Second Presbyterian
church, at which she was a regular attendant
Her home was a center <strong>of</strong> social activity
over which she presided with much grace and
dignity.
Mrs. Pullman served on <strong>the</strong> board <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> old Mary
Thompson Hospital for Women and Children, and in later
years was much interested in St. Luke's Hospital to
which she left a substantial legacy. She was always interested
in young musical students, and made it possible
for several to procure <strong>the</strong>ir education abroad.
After <strong>the</strong> death <strong>of</strong> Mr. Pullman, she supported <strong>the</strong>
Pullman Public Library, until it was taken over by <strong>the</strong>
Chicago Public Library as <strong>the</strong> George M. Pullman Branch
Library. She gave much time and money during <strong>the</strong>
years <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great War to war relief work. Her sympathy
was readily given to <strong>the</strong> deserving poor, and she
gave generously to assist <strong>the</strong>m.
Mrs. Pullman died March 28, 1921, in Pasadena,
California, where she had spent many winters.