to extort money or goods from others should not be considered a true Bahá'í. Death She died at her home, Hacienda del Pozo de Verona, in Pleasanton, California, aged 76, on April 13, 1919, during the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918–1919, and was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. References Further reading Nickliss, Alexandra M. ""Phoebe Apperson Hearst's 'Gospel of Wealth,' 1883–1901," Pacific Historical Review 71#4 (Nov. 2002) pp 575–605. Nickliss, Alexandra M. Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics (Bison Books, 2018) Paul, Rodman Wilson. "Phoebe Apperson Hearst," in Edward T. James et al. eds. Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (3 vols., 1971), 2: 171. External links Phoebe Apperson Hearst online archive, The Bancroft Library History of the PTA 1897–1899 The founding of the organization by Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Alice McLellan Birney 1842 births 1919 deaths American socialites Phoebe Museum founders Philanthropists from California People from Franklin County, Missouri People from San Francisco People from Pleasanton, California Spouses of California politicians University of California regents Converts to the Bahá'i Faith from Protestantism American Bahá'ís 20th-century Bahá'ís Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in California American suffragists Activists from California Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Baháʼí feminists 19th-century American philanthropists California suffrage 19th-century American businesspeople