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  1. Make An Impact. Donate today.Donate Now. Clara Ford died on September 29, 1950. The wife of the famous automobile pioneer and American industrialist, Henry Ford, had suffered a heart attack earlier in the year and her health had steadily declined. Family buried her next to her husband in the Ford family cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.

  2. Through her philanthropic endeavors and own self-determination, Clara Bryant Ford (1866-1950) made it her life’s mission to improve the life and welfare of women and those in poverty-stricken areas across the country. Clara Ford and her husband, Henry, created and funded numerous programs that focused on women’s rights and self-sufficiency, education, healthcare, and environmentalism ...

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  4. Sep 5, 2011 · Clara Bryant Ford: Henry’s "Great Believer". In a 1938 issue of The New York Times Magazine, Henry Ford was quoted as saying, "The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford." Clara believed in her husband's ideas and visions and confidently supported his ventures, even when others thought he was taking risks perhaps not ...

  5. Apr 4, 2022 · April 4, 2022. Clara Ford. Born April 11, 1866, Clara Bryant was the third of 10 children and grew up on a farm in rural Michigan. She attended school until the age of 17 and shared similar childhood experiences as her future husband, Henry Ford. Meeting for the first time at a New Year’s dance in 1885, they appreciated each other’s serious ...

  6. Apr 10, 2023 · Remembering Clara Ford. April 10, 2023. By Alexandria Edwards, Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator. April 11 was Clara Ford’s birthday and this year marks the 156th anniversary of her birth. Clara, Henry Ford’s wife, was a pioneer woman and philanthropist who spent countless hours leading charitable projects that provided resources ...

  7. When Henry Ford died in 1947, Clara Ford relinquished that power, bestowing it on her grandson, Henry Ford II. She did, however, hold a sizable amount of stock in the company, which she willed to her grandchildren as well as her great-grandchildren. Clara Bryant Ford met Henry Ford in 1885. They were engaged in 1886 and married in 1888. They ...

  8. Clara Ford Dies. September 27, 2024. « First Eagle Boat is Completed. This day in 1950 Clara Jane Bryant Ford dies at the Henry Ford Hospital. Today in 1928 Thomas A. Edison signs “cornerstone” of the Edison Institute Museum.

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