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Catherine Elizabeth "Kitty" Sweeney Hershey (July 6, 1871 – March 25, 1915) was an American philanthropist, who was known for her talent for landscape and interior design. She was the wife of entrepreneur and chocolatier Milton S. Hershey.
A young, working-class girl from western New York state meets a rich Lancaster, PA businessman fourteen years her senior at the turn of the 20 th century. They fall in love, get married, and settle in the rich farmlands of central Pennsylvania.
Catherine “Kitty” Hershey was Milton Hershey’s beloved wife for 17 years. A cultured woman, she expanded her husband’s worldview. She influenced Mr. Hershey’s perspective on charitable giving. When asked years later why he started Milton Hershey School, Mr. Hershey answered, “It was Kitty’s idea.”
Mar 25, 2015 · Milton Hershey School® is one of the world’s best private schools, offering a top-notch education and positive home life to children in pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade from families of low income at no charge. March 25, 2015, marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Catherine Hershey.
Many working-class women took positions in domestic service or factories where low pay and poor, often dangerous, working conditions made for a difficult life. This is the world that Catherine (Kitty) Sweeney entered when she was born on July 6, 1872.
Early into the marriage, Kitty Hershey demonstrated some physical weakness, allergies, hay fever, and asthma. Milton took her to multiple specialists in the United States and Europe—“…the best medical men of London, Berlin, Paris, and Vienna”—who told them that she was “showing evidence of a congenital nervous disorder.”
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Mar 12, 2021 · Learn about Catherine "Kitty" Hershey, Milton Hershey's wife. Discover how they met, learn about their travels, and what Milton Hershey says was "Kitty's idea."
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