Lizzie Pitts Merrill Palmer

Elizabeth Pitts Merrill Palmer (Oct. 8, 1838 – July 28, 1916), known as Lizzie, was an American philanthropist whose bequest founded the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit. She was also a founder of the Michigan Humane Society, active in the women's suffrage movement, and a benefactor of the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Lizzie Pitts Merrill Palmer

Elizabeth Pitts Merrill Palmer (Oct. 8, 1838 – July 28, 1916), known as Lizzie, was an American philanthropist whose bequest founded the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit. She was also a founder of the Michigan Humane Society, active in the women's suffrage movement, and a benefactor of the Detroit Institute of Arts.