Lillie, Frances Crane (1869-1958)

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American Committee for the Relief of Russian Women and Children

Federated Press

Frances Crane Lillie to Jane Addams, November 25, 1909

Frances Crane Lillie to Jane Addams, April 23, 1912

Frances Lillie Crane to Jane Addams, December 30, 1915

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Birth Date

1869

Death Date

1958

Birthplace

Illinois

Biographical Text

Frances Crane Lillie was a philanthropist who donated extensively to the University of Chicago. Lillie was from a wealthy family, her father having created a business empire on metal and ceramic products such as lightning rods, railroad equipment, valves, and plumbing fixtures. However, Frances was not very close to her family. After her marriage, her husband began supporting scientific research at the University of Chicago, while Francis donating money and books on religious history to the library. Lillie was very interested in religion, and she practiced "mystical Catholicism" and some Zen Buddhism. She also participated in the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union strike of 1915. She served as Vice-President of the Federated Press League in the 1920s.

Lillie married to Frank R. Lillie in 1896. Lillie died in 1958.

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Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Female

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1904

Bibliography and Links

Frances C Lillie, 1920 United States Federal Census

"Frank R. and Frances Crane Lillie," Building For a Long Future: The University of Chicago and Its Donor, 1889-1930, The University of Chicago Library

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“Lillie, Frances Crane (1869-1958),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 30, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/491.

Lillie, Frances Crane (1869-1958)

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American Committee for the Relief of Russian Women and Children

Federated Press

Mary Rozet Smith to Lillian D. Wald, March 2, 1904

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, October 5, 1904

List of Hull-House Donors, March 18, 1910

Owen Reed Lovejoy to Jane Addams, April 15, 1914

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 16, 1915

Jane Addams to Ellen Gates Starr, June 17, 1915

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, October 16, 1919

Relief for Russian Women and Children, 1920

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, August 9, 1920

Eva Watson-Schütze to Jane Addams, April 5, 1921

Ellen Gates Starr to Helena S. Dudley, March 3, 1922

Ellen Gates Starr to Jane Addams, March 27, 1928

Frances Crane Lillie to Jane Addams, November 25, 1909

Frances Crane Lillie to Jane Addams, April 23, 1912

Frances Lillie Crane to Jane Addams, December 30, 1915

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