03/13/2026
Happy Women’s History Month!
TUNE IN FOR A HISTORY LESSON:
Elizabeth Hamilton was a philanthropist who helped shape early American social welfare. In 1806, she helped found the Orphan Asylum Society in New York City, one of the first private orphanages in the United States.
The organization still exists today as Graham Windham and now serves more than 4,500 children and families affected by abuse and neglect in New York City’s low-income neighborhoods.
Its programs include family foster care, adoption services, parenting and family-strengthening programs to prevent child abuse, behavioral and mental health support, after-school and youth development programs, and college and career access support. The organization operates across 13 sites in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Harlem, and Westchester County. In Westchester, it also has a school for academic support.
Later in life, she worked to preserve the writings and legacy of her husband, Alexander Hamilton, collecting documents and advocating for the publication of his papers so that his contributions to the young United States would be remembered.
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