Background
Mccormick, Edith Rockefeller was born on August 31, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Daughter of John Davison and Laura Celestia (Spelman) Rockefeller.
Mccormick, Edith Rockefeller was born on August 31, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Daughter of John Davison and Laura Celestia (Spelman) Rockefeller.
Educated under private tutelage.
Resided abroad 15 years. One of two founders of John McCormick Institution of Infectious Diseases. Original promoter of civic opera in Chicago.
Founder Chicago Zoölogical Gardens.
Patroness of opera in English for American audiences.
Member League of Women Voters, Ohio Society, Daughters of American Revolution, Friends of Opera, Drama League.
Married Harold Fowler McCormick, November 26, 1895 (divorced 1921). Children: Fowler, Muriel (Mistress Elisha Doctorate. Hubbard), Mathilde (Mistress Max Oser).