Lucy Wortham James
Lucy Wortham James (September 13, 1880 – January 20, 1938) was an American philanthropist. She dedicated her life to helping others and funding medical research. Her most memorial donation was land, part of Maramec Springs, which is now a park open to the public and maintained by the James Foundation. Early life James was born in St. James, Missouri, to Thomas James and Octavia Bowles James and was a descendant of the family who established the Maramec Iron Works. Maramec Iron Works was developed by her grandfather, William James, and started the beginning of iron production in Missouri, the first successful ironworks west of the Mississippi river. The ironworks went bankrupt before James was born. Due to the bankruptcy, James grew up in South Dakota for her father's new job as a fur trader till the age of three. However, she spent her summers at Maramec Spring with her grandmother, Lucy Ann Dun James. Then, her mother started experiencing horrible health issues and decided to co ...
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