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About Matilda Dodge Wilson
Matilda Dodge Wilson was an American politician and heiress who was the 43rd lieutenant governor of Michigan. Ranked as one of the wealthiest women in the world, she was the widow of John Francis Dodge, who co-founded the Dodge motor car company in Detroit with his brother Horace Elgin Dodge. She co-founded the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland University, with her husband Alfred Wilson, and John A. Hannah. The new university was built on her 1,400-acre (5.7 km2) estate, Meadow Brook Farms.
Everything about Matilda Dodge Wilson →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 19, 1883
- Died
- September 19, 1967