Miss Helen Clay Frick
Miss Helen Clay Frick, born in 1888, was both a philanthropist and a lover of art, and many of the museums and libraries that she founded and funded throughout her lifetime still stand to this day in Pittsburgh and New York (Lockard 1997, 9). Miss Frick was the daughter of Henry Clay Frick, the industrial giant and art collector who's death in 1919 spurred Miss Frick to erect many monuments in his name, especially throughout Pittsburgh where she was born and grew up (Lockard 1997, 9).
The reason for her homage to her father over the years was based both on her love for him and close relationship with him while he was alive and that she "believed herself to be the chosen guardian of her father's reputation and legacy" (Sanger 2008, 131). She defended his honor throughout her lifetime and we have been left with many beautiful monuments, museums, and libraries in his name (Lockard 1997, 10).
