Ellen Browning Scripps

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Ellen Browning Scripps (October 18, 1836 – August 3, 1932) was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California. She and her half-brother E.W. Scripps created the E.W. Scripps Company, America's largest chain of newspapers, linking Midwestern industrial cities with booming towns in the West. By the 1920s, Ellen Browning Scripps was worth an estimated $30 million ($3 billion in 2024 dollars), most of which she donated. She appeared on the cover of Time magazine after founding Scripps College in Claremont, California. She also donated millions of dollars to organizations worldwide that promised to advance democratic principles and women's education. She helped to found Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Scripps Research, and Scripps Health, all located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California. The Scripps family supports the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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