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Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women's Movement, 1870–1967
By Johnson, Joan Marie
- ISBN
- 9781469634692 9781469634708
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Library Journal
Starred Review on August 1, 2017 | Social Sciences
Historian Johnson's (Northwestern Univ.) first book examines the role that wealthy white women have played in advancing women's rights through financial support for feminist causes. Across seven thematic, roughly chronological chapters, the author examines a century of female philanthropy in the areas of suffrage, labor, education, and birth control, persuasively arguing that donors with deep pockets persistently shaped the priorities and successes of organ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
