her name was hetty howland robinson. >> so her children were not famous in any way? >> her son was well known. she asked him to buy a small branch of a railroad in texas in the 1890s. and he turned it into the most successful small railroad. then he did a number of things. he went back to new bedford and built a brand-new house on the family property and turned it into a center for radio technology and meteorology and gave it to the united states government during world war ii. he had one of the greatest collections of coins and stamps. he really did make a mark. >> yes? >> one of the things that strikes me about the gilded age and well, there were a lot of wealthy people who believed in giving back to society, particularly someone like andrew carnegie. did she donate any of her money to public service? >> she never did it publicly. and she would dismiss any suggestion that she had. but her son said and others have said that there were plenty of places that she gave to were people that she gave two. she said that she was hounded for her money. she was constantly gett