Hilda Pauline Holme (October 1, 1888 – March 6, 1960) was an American Quaker relief worker in Europe after World War I, and a book collector.
[1][2] As a teenager, Holme served on a schools committee at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, along with her mother and older sister.
[3] In 1910, following her mother and older sister, she graduated from Vassar College,[4] with further studies at Johns Hopkins University.
[6][7][8] She spoke to American women's clubs when she was home in Baltimore about her work, sometimes sharing examples of typical Polish peasant clothing.
[18] Her collection of European folk costumes was donated to the International Center at the West Baltimore branch of the YWCA, and displayed there in 1965 and 1975.