THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Mildred Robbins Leet

August 9, 1022 – May 3, 2011

“Millions go to bed hungry. We could never reach them all, but we keep trying and we feel whatever you do, it’s more than if you didn’t.” Mille Robbins Leet about why she and her husband founded Trickle Up

Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Founded, with her husband Glen, Trickle Up, to support people living in extreme poverty to start and run profitable businesses, 1979. One of the founders of United Cerebral Palsy in 1948 and became the first President of its Women’s Division. United Nations (UN) Representative for the National Council of Women of the USA. Organized an International Task Force of Women in 1978 to prepare for the 1979 UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development.

Photo. Princess Diana presents the Women of the World Award to Mildred Robbins Leet, Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, October 16, 1989.