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Phoebe Apperson Hearst (3 December 1842 – 14 April 1919) was the mother of William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
.

She was born in Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri on the south side of the Missouri River. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area....
. At the age of 19, she married George Hearst
George Hearst

George Hearst was a wealthy United States businessman and United States Senator, and the father of newspaperman William Randolph Hearst....
, who later became a U.S. Senator. Soon after their marriage the couple moved to San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
, in 1863.

A major benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
, she became the first woman Regent
Regents of the University of California

The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full members:* The majority are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms....
 of the University of California
University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
, serving on the board from 1887 until her death.






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Phoebe Apperson Hearst (3 December 1842 – 14 April 1919) was the mother of William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
.

She was born in Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri on the south side of the Missouri River. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area....
. At the age of 19, she married George Hearst
George Hearst

George Hearst was a wealthy United States businessman and United States Senator, and the father of newspaperman William Randolph Hearst....
, who later became a U.S. Senator. Soon after their marriage the couple moved to San Francisco
San Francisco, California

The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst I was an United States History of American newspapers Business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt....
, in 1863.

A major benefactor of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley is a public university research university located in Berkeley, California, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines....
, she became the first woman Regent
Regents of the University of California

The Regents of the University of California make up the governing board of the University of California. The Board has 26 full members:* The majority are appointed by the Governor of California for 12-year terms....
 of the University of California
University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s...
, serving on the board from 1887 until her death. Also in 1887, she contributed to the establishment of the National Congress of Mothers, which evolved eventually into the National Parent-Teacher Association
Parent-Teacher Association

In the United States parent-teacher associations and parent-teacher organizations exist as the outlet for parent participation at most public and private K-8 schools....
. In 1900, she co-founded the National Cathedral School
National Cathedral School

National Cathedral School is an independent Episcopal Church in the United States of America private school for girls located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C....
 in Washington, DC
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
. A public elementary school near the National Cathedral School bears her name.

She was a member of the Presbyterian faith in the 1860s. In 1898 she converted to the Bahá'í Faith
Bahá'í Faith

The 'Bah?'? Faith' is a monotheism religion founded by Bah?'u'll?h in nineteenth-century Persian Empire#Persia and Europe , emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind....
, and helped play a key role in the spread of the religion in the United States
United States

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. She briefly travelled to Akko and Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
 in Palestine
Palestine

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is derived from a name used already much earlier for a narrower geographical region, mainly along the coastal region....
 (modern day Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
) on pilgrimage, arriving on December 14, 1889. She later wrote, "Those three days were the most memorable days of my life."

She died at her home in Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a major suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, California, and 6 miles west of Livermore, California....
, aged 76, on April 13, 1919, during the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919
Spanish flu

The 1918 flu pandemic was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus Strain of subtype H1N1....
, and was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, is a cemetery located in Colma, California, a place known as the "City of the Silent"....
, Colma
Colma, California

Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area....
, San Mateo County
San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, California, and north of Santa Clara County, California....
, California.

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  • The founding of the organization by Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Alice McLellan Birney