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awardReceived
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Légion d'honneur
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surface form:
Legion of Honour
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awardReceived
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National Medal of Arts
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awardReceived
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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birthName
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Roberta Brooke Russell
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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educatedAt
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Miss Madeira’s School
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employer
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Vincent Astor Foundation
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ethnicGroup
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White American
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familyName
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Astor
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fieldOfWork
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arts patronage
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fieldOfWork
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philanthropy
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fieldOfWork
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social welfare
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gender
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female
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genre
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autobiography
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genre
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memoir
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givenName
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Roberta
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hasPart
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Brooke Astor
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surface form:
Brooke Astor Papers (archival collection)
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hasRelative
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John Jacob Astor IV
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surface form:
John Jacob Astor IV (by marriage)
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hasRelative
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William Backhouse Astor Jr.
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surface form:
William Backhouse Astor Jr. (by marriage)
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honorificTitle
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First Lady of Philanthropy
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influenced
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philanthropic practices in New York City
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instanceOf
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author
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instanceOf
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human
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instanceOf
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philanthropist
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instanceOf
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socialite
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knownFor
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personal visits to charities she funded
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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memberOf
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Astor family
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nickname
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Brooke
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notableFor
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charitable work with New York cultural institutions
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notableFor
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philanthropy in New York City
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notableWork
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Footprints: An Autobiography
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notableWork
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Patchwork Child: Early Memories
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occupation
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philanthropist
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occupation
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socialite
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occupation
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writer
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placeOfBirth
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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placeOfDeath
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Briarcliff Manor, New York
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positionHeld
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chairman of the Vincent Astor Foundation
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religion
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Episcopalian
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residence
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Manhattan
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residence
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New York City
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spouse
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Charles Henry Marshall
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spouse
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Dryden Kuser
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spouse
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Vincent Astor
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supported
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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supported
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Museum of Modern Art
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supported
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New York Public Library
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supported
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social service organizations in New York City
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