SHEPARD, Helen Miller (), American philanthropist: b. New York, 20 June 1868. She is a daughter of the late Jay Gould (q.v.), and has achieved an extended fame through her benefactions for charitable and educational uses. At the opening of the war with Spain she not only contributed $100,000 to the United
States government, but was active in the
Woman's National War Relief Association, to
which she was a generous contributor. Among
other notable gifts of hers are the library of
New York University; $50,000 to the naval
branch of the Young Men's Christian Association
of Brooklyn; and $100,000 to New York
University, for a Hall of Fame for Great
Americans, in 1900. She married Finley Johnson
Shepard 22 Jan. 1913; is a member of the
board of the Russell Sage Foundation and of
the national board Y. W. C. A.