Emma Bouvier Drexel
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Emma Mary Bouvier Drexel (1833-1883) was the daughter of Michel Bouvier and Louise C. Vernou. Emma married Francis A. Drexel in 1860, two years after the death of his first wife, Hannah Langstroth Drexel (1826-1858). She had one child with Francis, Louise Bouvier Drexel, half-sister to Elizabeth Langstroth Drexel Smith (1855-1890) and Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955).
She was a devout Catholic and instilled a strong philanthropic practice in her three daughters by opening her home as a location for direct charitable giving to women in need. Read more about her philanthropy.
Emma is great-grandaunt of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
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Sepia portrait of Emma Bouvier Drexel.
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F. Gutekunst
Philadelphia, PA
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Papers
Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
H50 F, box 1, folder 3
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