Priscilla Capps Hill
Priscilla Capps Hill | |
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Priscilla Capps (later Hill), from the 1923 yearbook of Smith College | |
| Born | February 4, 1900 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | December 1985 (aged 85) Bridgewater, New Jersey |
| Occupations | Philanthropist, relief worker |
| Parent | Edward Capps |
Priscilla Capps Hill (February 4, 1900 – December 12, 1985) was an American philanthropist. As overseas director of Near East Industries in the 1920s, she organized handicraft workshops of refugee women in Athens, Greece, to make traditional embroidered and woven items to sell to tourists, and at Near East Relief charity shops in the United States.