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American philanthropist (1871–1915)

Catherine Elizabeth "Kitty" Sweeney Hershey (July 6, 1871 – March 25, 1915) was an American philanthropist.

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She was the wife of chocolatier Milton S. Hershey and co-founder with her husband of the Milton Hershey School.

Early life

Hershey was born in 1871, in Jamestown, New York, near the Pennsylvania border, to Catherine Elizabeth Maloney and Michael William Sweeney, Irish immigrant parents. The town was situated north of Pennsylvania's lumber region which facilitated a massive boom in Jamestown's commerce around the time of Sweeney's birth.

"Catherine was born at the beginning of Jamestown’s renaissance" as one historical association described.^[1]

Her family was not wealthy.

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Sweeney attended Jamestown High School but dropped out in 1888, her final year, to work. She worked most hours of the day for six days a week in retail. One of the stores she was hired at was a local jeweler. Her main job was to be a s