Beach, Holly (b. 1884)
Beach, Holly (b. 1884)
American philanthropist. Name variations: Holly Beach Dennis. Born Mary Hollingsworth Morris Beach, June 17, 1884, in New Jersey; eldest dau. of Sylvester Woodbridge Beach (American Presbyterian minister) and Eleanor (Orbison) Beach; sister of Sylvia Beach; m. Frederic James Dennis, Jan 21, 1929 (died 1945).
Joined a Red Cross mission to Serbia during WWI; helped fund sister's bookstore.
See also Women in World History.
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