| Description |
1 online resource (553 pages) |
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies |
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Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
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| Contents |
Cover; C O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; A Note on Sources; Introduction; 1. Slocums, Jermains, Piersons -- and a Sage; 2. "Distinctly a class privilege": Troy Female Seminary, 1846-1847; 3. "I do enjoy my independence": 1847-1858; 4. A Bankruptcy, Three Funerals, and a Wedding: 1858-1869; 5. The Work of Benevolence? Mrs. Russell Sage, the Carlisle School, and Indian Reform; 6. "I live for that work": Negotiating Identities at the New-YorkWoman's Hospital; 7. "Some aggressive work": The Emma Willard Association andEducated Womanhood, 1891-1898; 8. Converted! Parlor Suffrage and After |
| Summary |
A study of women's activism and philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum, 1828-1918.
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| SUBJECT |
Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum, 1828-1918 fast |
| Subject |
Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography
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Charities -- United States -- History
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Charities
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Women philanthropists
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253112057 |
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0253112052 |
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