Grace Rainey Rogers (June 28, 1867–May 9, 1943) she was an American

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, art collector, and arts

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. She had donated significant amounts of money to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art; and as a result she is the namesake of many buildings in the United States. Rogers was the daughter of industrialist businessman, William J. Rainey (1836–1900), and Eleanor B. (

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Mitchell) Rainey (1842–1905).

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