Harriet Ryan Albee

Harriet Ryan Albee (1829-1873) was an American social reformer and philanthropist, who devoted herself and a large part of her earnings to the care of chronically ill and invalid women. She was the founder of the Channing Home for Sick and Destitute Women in Boston, Massachusetts. Recognized as one of the best-known charities in the country in its day, it was the first nonsectarian care home for incurables in the U.S., and one of the first to accept consumptives. In 2012, the institution that Albee founded became the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital. The Harriet Ryan Albee Professorship at Harvard University is named in her honor.