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<div>{{short description|Eldest daughter of JDR}}{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong<br />
| image = Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong.jpg<br />
| caption = Rockefeller Strong {{circa|1889}}<br />
| birth_name = Elizabeth A. Rockefeller<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|8|23|mf=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1906|11|14|1866|8|23}}<br />
| death_place = [[Cannes, France]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Vassar College]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Charles Augustus Strong]]|1889}}<br />
| children = 2, including [[Margaret Rockefeller Strong]]<br />
| parents = [[John D. Rockefeller]]<br>[[Laura Spelman Rockefeller]]<br />
| relatives = [[Rockefeller family]]<br />
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'''Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller''' (August 23, 1866 – November 14, 1906) was the eldest child of [[Standard Oil]] co-founder [[John D. Rockefeller|John Davison Rockefeller]] (1839&ndash;1937) and school teacher [[Laura Spelman Rockefeller|Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman]] (1839&ndash;1915).<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Strong was born Elizabeth Rockefeller on August 23, 1866, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], the eldest of five children, to [[John D. Rockefeller]], co-founder of [[Standard Oil]], and [[Laura Celestia Spelman|Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller]]. She attended Vassar College from 1886 to 1888 as [[Matriculation#Special student|special student]]. [[Strong House (Vassar College)|Strong Hall]], the school's first [[dormitory]], was named in her honor in 1893 by her father who contributed $35,000 toward the expense of the construction.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
On March 22, 1889, she married [[philosopher]] and [[psychologist]] [[Charles Augustus Strong]] and had one daughter:<br />
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* [[Margaret Rockefeller Strong]] (1897&ndash;1985), who married [[George de Cuevas]], a Chilean ballet businessman.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EFs6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96 |title=Record of the Class of 1857 of Yale University During Fifty Years from Graduation |place=Hartford |page=96 |date=1907 |access-date=2023-04-25 |via=Google Books}}</ref> <br />
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They were residents of [[Lakewood, New Jersey]]. She died in [[Cannes]], France on November 14, 1906, at age 40.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46871242/bessie-rockefeller-strong-obit/ |title=John D. Rockefeller's Eldest Child Dead |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |place= Cannes |page=9 |date=1906-11-14 |publication-date=1906-11-15 |access-date=2023-04-25 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Rockefeller family]]<br />
*[[John D. Rockefeller]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Chernow, Ron. ''Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr.'' London: Warner Books, 1998.<br />
*Stasz, Clarice. ''The Rockefeller Women: Dynasty of Piety, Privacy, and Service''. New York: St. Martins Press. (1995).<br />
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