Portal:Houston/Selected biography/January 2007

Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882 – August 19, 1975) was one of the most respected Texas women of the 20th century. Born in the small town of Mineola, Texas, the daughter of a one-time Texas governor, James Stephen Hogg (Big Jim Hogg), her roots were deeply embedded in the state’s welfare. With the help of money made from oil found on her family's lands, Hogg began branching out into more philanthropy work. In 1929, she founded the Houston Child Guidance Center, which provided counseling for disturbed children and their families. She also founded the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin in 1940. In 1957, she donated her Houston mansion to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston which in 1966 was opened to the public as MFAH's Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens.