Smith, Mary Rozet, -1934

Mary Rozet Smith (1868-1933) was a philanthropist and companion to Jane Addams. She was from a wealthy Chicago family, the daughter of a successful manufacturer and a Philadelphia philanthropist. Mary Rozet Smith first came to Hull-House in 1890 as a volunteer leading a variety of children's clubs. She became an important benefactor of the settlement house and used her connections in Chicago society to secure gifts for Hull-House. Mary Rozet Smith was also Jane Addams' companion, with her house on Walton St. providing a retreat for Addams from the spotlight at Hull-House. The two bought a house together in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1904 that they shared until Smith's death in 1933.