Theda was the daughter of philanthropist and Kimberly-Clark cofounder Charles. B. Clark. She graduated from Wells College in 1892. In 1901, after a six-year courtship, she married newspaperman Will Peters, manager of the Goshen Times. Howard Hawks, who later became a renowned film director, was the son of Theda's best friend Helen Howard Hawks, and served as a flower bearer in Theda and Will's wedding.
As writer Todd McCarthy put it, "Theda was Neenah's golden child, a bright, high-minded princess of wealth and refinement whose noble goals were to cultivate her mind and help others ... Her hero was Jane Addams of Hull House in Chicago, and she donated the land and a great deal of money for the construction of a superb, Roman-style library in Neenah."
In 1903, after a difficult pregnancy, Theda gave birth to a daughter. Her labor was protracted and she began to hemorrhage. The next day, she died at the age of 32.
Following her express wish, her family donated $96,000 to build a hospital in her memory, and later donated another $50,000 to establish a fund to pay for care for those who couldn't afford it. The hospital opened in 1909, and is still in operation more than a century later. It was the first in the area to provide such things as emergency helicopter transportation and single-room maternity suites.
History of
Wisconsin (p. 1651-53)
As writer Todd McCarthy put it, "Theda was Neenah's golden child, a bright, high-minded princess of wealth and refinement whose noble goals were to cultivate her mind and help others ... Her hero was Jane Addams of Hull House in Chicago, and she donated the land and a great deal of money for the construction of a superb, Roman-style library in Neenah."
In 1903, after a difficult pregnancy, Theda gave birth to a daughter. Her labor was protracted and she began to hemorrhage. The next day, she died at the age of 32.
Following her express wish, her family donated $96,000 to build a hospital in her memory, and later donated another $50,000 to establish a fund to pay for care for those who couldn't afford it. The hospital opened in 1909, and is still in operation more than a century later. It was the first in the area to provide such things as emergency helicopter transportation and single-room maternity suites.
History of
Wisconsin (p. 1651-53)
Theda was the daughter of philanthropist and Kimberly-Clark cofounder Charles. B. Clark. She graduated from Wells College in 1892. In 1901, after a six-year courtship, she married newspaperman Will Peters, manager of the Goshen Times. Howard Hawks, who later became a renowned film director, was the son of Theda's best friend Helen Howard Hawks, and served as a flower bearer in Theda and Will's wedding.
As writer Todd McCarthy put it, "Theda was Neenah's golden child, a bright, high-minded princess of wealth and refinement whose noble goals were to cultivate her mind and help others ... Her hero was Jane Addams of Hull House in Chicago, and she donated the land and a great deal of money for the construction of a superb, Roman-style library in Neenah."
In 1903, after a difficult pregnancy, Theda gave birth to a daughter. Her labor was protracted and she began to hemorrhage. The next day, she died at the age of 32.
Following her express wish, her family donated $96,000 to build a hospital in her memory, and later donated another $50,000 to establish a fund to pay for care for those who couldn't afford it. The hospital opened in 1909, and is still in operation more than a century later. It was the first in the area to provide such things as emergency helicopter transportation and single-room maternity suites.
History of
Wisconsin (p. 1651-53)
As writer Todd McCarthy put it, "Theda was Neenah's golden child, a bright, high-minded princess of wealth and refinement whose noble goals were to cultivate her mind and help others ... Her hero was Jane Addams of Hull House in Chicago, and she donated the land and a great deal of money for the construction of a superb, Roman-style library in Neenah."
In 1903, after a difficult pregnancy, Theda gave birth to a daughter. Her labor was protracted and she began to hemorrhage. The next day, she died at the age of 32.
Following her express wish, her family donated $96,000 to build a hospital in her memory, and later donated another $50,000 to establish a fund to pay for care for those who couldn't afford it. The hospital opened in 1909, and is still in operation more than a century later. It was the first in the area to provide such things as emergency helicopter transportation and single-room maternity suites.
History of
Wisconsin (p. 1651-53)
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