Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement, 1870–1967 (Gender and American Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1469634694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Joan Marie Johnson is a historian and faculty coordinator for the Office of the Provost at Northwestern University
This cadre of activists included Phoebe Hearst, the mother of William Randolph Hearst; Grace Dodge, granddaughter of Wall Street "Merchant Prince" William Earle Dodge; and Ava Belmont, who married into the Vanderbilt family fortune. And Johnson shows us that tensions over wealth and power that persist in the modern movement have deep historical roots.. Motivated by their own experiences with sexism, and focusing on women's need for economic independence, these benefactors sought to expand women's access to higher education, promote suffrage, and champion reproductive rights, as well as to provide assistance to working-class women. In a time when women still wielded limited political power, philanthropy was perhaps the most potent tool they had. As Johnson argues, restrictions tied to their giving engendered resentment and jeopardized efforts to establish coalitions across racial and class lines.As the struggle for full economic and political power and self-determination for women continues today, this history reveals how generous women helped shape the movement. But even as these wealthy women exercised con
Scholars and contemporary feminist philanthropists alike will benefit from the perspective this book offers.--Lynn Dumenil, author of The Second Line of DefenseFunding Feminism is a brilliantly conceived work that enriches our understanding and probes the complexities of feminism in the United States by demonstrating the ways that wealthy women both advanced feminist causes and--despite their commitment to a sisterhood of all women--sometimes exacerbated divisions among women based on class, race, and ethnicit