Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
The Colorado Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to the history of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of 2020, 170 women have been inducted.
Frances Wisebart Jacobs, philanthropist, founder of the organization that became the United Way
Golda Meir, Israel's fourth Prime Minister
Chipeta, leader and negotiator, with her husband Chief Ouray
Image: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Frances Jacobs was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to Jewish Bavarian immigrants and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Abraham Jacobs, the partner of her brother Jacob, and came west with him to Colorado where Wisebart and Jacobs had established businesses in Denver and Central City. In Denver, Frances Jacobs became a driving force for the city's charitable organizations and activities, with national exposure. Among the philanthropical organizations she founded, she is best remembered as a founder of the United Way and the Denver's Jewish Hospital Association.
Frances Wisebart Jacobs, ca. 1890
The home of Abraham and Frances Jacobs at the corner of 16th and Welton Streets (circa 1880) Denver, Colorado.
Denver Colorado in 1859
Denver, Colorado 22 years later, in 1881
