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Jane Stanford was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University in 1885, along with her husband Leland Stanford. She was the eighth First Lady of California and died in 1905 under mysterious circumstances in Hawaii.
May 20, 2022 · Jane Stanford was a monstrous mess. The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich, duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. Of friends and family, she...
- Mary Ann Gwinn
It concerns the mysterious death of the University’s co-founder, Jane Stanford. Though most history books attribute Mrs. Stanford’s death at 76 to heart failure, a closer look at the documents and drama surrounding her demise reveals a quite different picture.
May 17, 2022 · Fearful that someone was trying to murder her, Jane Stanford, a 76-year-old widow, sailed for Honolulu several weeks later with two trusted employees. At the Moana Hotel, on the night of...
- Meryl Gordon
A historical investigation of the 1905 murder of Jane Stanford, the cofounder of Stanford University, and the cover-up by the university president and his allies. The book reveals the suspects, motives, and evidence of the Gilded Age crime and its impact on the university.
Jun 22, 2023 · Jane Stanford, California, circa 1855. It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up. Someone murdered Jane Stanford, the cofounder of Stanford University, on Tuesday, February 28, 1905, putting a precisely calibrated dose of pure strychnine in her bicarbonate of soda.
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Jan 8, 2018 · There was a great deal of gossip in San Francisco when Mrs. Jane Stanford suddenly left her Nob Hill mansion for Hawaii on February 15, 1905. Ill health was one theory. Low spirits...
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