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book cover image for Angels of Mercy, ISBN=9780823241620Angels of Mercy
ISBN: 9780823241620
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press
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Subjects: Orphanages; African Americans; Women White; Women philanthropists;
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book cover image for Angels of Mercy: White Women and the History of New York''s Colored Orphan Asylum, ISBN=9780823241620Angels of Mercy: White Women and the History of New York''s Colored Orphan Asylum
ISBN: 9780823241620
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Fordham University Press
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book cover image for At Home in the World: Women and Charity in Late Qing and Early Republican China, ISBN=9780231546232At Home in the World: Women and Charity in Late Qing and Early Republican China
ISBN: 9780231546232
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
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book cover image for Black Poor and White Philanthropists: London''s Black and the Foundation of the Sierra Leone Settlement 1786-1791, ISBN=9781846317293Black Poor and White Philanthropists: London''s Black and the Foundation of the Sierra Leone Settlement 1786-1791
ISBN: 9781846317293
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Liverpool University Press
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Subjects: History;
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book cover image for Black Poor and White Philanthropists: London's Blacks and the Foundation of the Sierra Leone Settlement 1786–1791, ISBN=9781846317293Black Poor and White Philanthropists: London's Blacks and the Foundation of the Sierra Leone Settlement 1786–1791
ISBN: 9781846317293
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Liverpool University Press
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Subjects: Colonialism and Imperialism;
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book cover image for Buying Respectability, ISBN=9780253002846Buying Respectability
ISBN: 9780253002846
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Indiana University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Social status; Social status; Public institutions; Public institutions; Charities; Charities; Philanthropists; Philanthropists;
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book cover image for Compassionate Stranger, ISBN=9780815652892Compassionate Stranger
ISBN: 9780815652892
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Syracuse University Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists.; Missionaries.; Philanthropists; Missionaries;
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book cover image for Delusional Altruism : Why Philanthropists Fail to Achieve Change and What They Can Do to Transform Giving, ISBN=9781119606048Delusional Altruism : Why Philanthropists Fail to Achieve Change and What They Can Do to Transform Giving
ISBN: 9781119606048
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Social Science; Philosophy;
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book cover image for Edwin Rogers Embree, ISBN=9780253000866Edwin Rogers Embree
ISBN: 9780253000866
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Indiana University Press
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Subjects: African Americans; Endowments; Philanthropists;
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book cover image for Fidalgos and Philanthropists, ISBN=9781349001729Fidalgos and Philanthropists
ISBN: 9781349001729
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: unlimited; Download: unlimited
Subjects: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection;
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book cover image for Fidalgos and philanthropists: the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Bahia, 1550-1755, ISBN=9780333023280Fidalgos and philanthropists: the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Bahia, 1550-1755
ISBN: 9780333023280
Platform/Publisher: ACLS / Macmillan
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Ten pages at a time; Download: Ten pages at a time
Subjects: Latin American;
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book cover image for Funding Feminism, ISBN=9781469634715Funding Feminism
ISBN: 9781469634715
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The University of North Carolina Press
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Subjects: Women philanthropists; Feminism; Feminists;
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book cover image for Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement, 1870–1967, ISBN=9781469634715Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women’s Movement, 1870–1967
ISBN: 9781469634715
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press
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book cover image for Fundraising and the Next Generation : Tools for Engaging the Next Generation of Philanthropists, ISBN=9781118222683Fundraising and the Next Generation : Tools for Engaging the Next Generation of Philanthropists
ISBN: 9781118222683
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Subjects: Social Science; Business/ Management;
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book cover image for George P. Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability, ISBN=9781603442473George P. Mitchell and the Idea of Sustainability
ISBN: 9781603442473
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Texas A&M University Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists; Businesspeople; Sustainable development;
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book cover image for Global Development 2.0: Can Philanthropists, the Public, and the Poor Make Poverty History?, ISBN=9780815701569Global Development 2.0: Can Philanthropists, the Public, and the Poor Make Poverty History?
ISBN: 9780815701569
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Brookings Institution Press
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Subjects: Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention; Globalization; Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations;
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book cover image for Helene Schweitzer, ISBN=9780815653264Helene Schweitzer
ISBN: 9780815653264
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Syracuse University Press
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Subjects: Nurses; Philanthropists; Missionaries Medical; Missionaries'' spouses;
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book cover image for Helene Schweitzer: A Life of Her Own, ISBN=9780815653264Helene Schweitzer: A Life of Her Own
ISBN: 9780815653264
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Syracuse University Press
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book cover image for High Peaks, ISBN=9780813161815High Peaks
ISBN: 9780813161815
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The University Press of Kentucky
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Subjects: Philanthropists; Millionaires;
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book cover image for J.W. McConnell: Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot, ISBN=9780773574687J.W. McConnell: Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot
ISBN: 9780773574687
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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book cover image for Jane''s Window, ISBN=9781603449793Jane''s Window
ISBN: 9781603449793
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Texas A&M University Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists; Women philanthropists; Music patrons; Women music patrons;
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book cover image for Julius Rosenwald, ISBN=9780253112040Julius Rosenwald
ISBN: 9780253112040
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Indiana University Press
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Subjects: African Americans; Philanthropists; Jewish businesspeople; Businesspeople;
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book cover image for Louis Bamberger, ISBN=9781611689822Louis Bamberger
ISBN: 9781611689822
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Brandeis University Press
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Subjects: Department stores; Philanthropists; Jewish businesspeople; Jews;
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book cover image for Mary Elizabeth Garrett, ISBN=9781421404103Mary Elizabeth Garrett
ISBN: 9781421404103
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Johns Hopkins University Press
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Subjects: Women in medicine; Women medical students; Medical education; Women philanthropists;
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book cover image for Moses Montefiore, ISBN=9780674056442Moses Montefiore
ISBN: 9780674056442
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Harvard University Press
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Subjects: Montefiore Moses Sir 1784–1885; Jews -- Great Britain -- Biography; Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- Biography;
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book cover image for Mrs. Russell Sage, ISBN=9780253112057Mrs. Russell Sage
ISBN: 9780253112057
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Indiana University Press
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Subjects: Charities; Women philanthropists;
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book cover image for My Name is Lola, ISBN=9781552387368My Name is Lola
ISBN: 9781552387368
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Calgary Press
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book cover image for Oilfield Revolutionary, ISBN=9781623492243Oilfield Revolutionary
ISBN: 9781623492243
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Texas A&M University Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists; Petroleum industry and trade; Businessmen; Petroleum geologists;
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book cover image for Philanthropists and Foundation Globalization, ISBN=9781315126340Philanthropists and Foundation Globalization
ISBN: 9781315126340
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Business Management and Marketing;
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book cover image for Philanthropists in Higher Education: Institutional, Biographical, and Religious Motivations for Giving, ISBN=9780203508701Philanthropists in Higher Education: Institutional, Biographical, and Religious Motivations for Giving
ISBN: 9780203508701
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Education;
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book cover image for Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics, ISBN=9781496205346Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life of Power and Politics
ISBN: 9781496205346
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Nebraska Press
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book cover image for Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History, ISBN=9780812291650Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History
ISBN: 9780812291650
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
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book cover image for Relentless Reformer, ISBN=9781400852413Relentless Reformer
ISBN: 9781400852413
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
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Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Progressivism (United States politics); Women philanthropists; Women social reformers;
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book cover image for Routines and Orgies: The Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher, Philanthropist, and Philanderer, ISBN=9780773596870Routines and Orgies: The Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher, Philanthropist, and Philanderer
ISBN: 9780773596870
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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Subjects: Cundill Peter; Capitalists and financiers -- Canada -- Biography; Philanthropists -- Canada -- Biography; Value investing;
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book cover image for So clean, ISBN=9781526130433So clean
ISBN: 9781526130433
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Manchester University Press
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Subjects: Soap trade; Philanthropists; Industrialists;
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book cover image for Staging Philanthropy, ISBN=9780472022663Staging Philanthropy
ISBN: 9780472022663
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Michigan Press
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Subjects: Patriotism; Women philanthropists; Women in charitable work;
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book cover image for Staging Philanthropy: Patriotic Women and the National Imagination in Dynastic Germany, 1813-1916, ISBN=9780472022663Staging Philanthropy: Patriotic Women and the National Imagination in Dynastic Germany, 1813-1916
ISBN: 9780472022663
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Michigan Press
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book cover image for The Angel out of the House, ISBN=9780813922010The Angel out of the House
ISBN: 9780813922010
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Virginia Press
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Subjects: Charity in literature.; Women in literature.; Women philanthropists; Women in charitable work;
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book cover image for The Angel out of the House: Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England, ISBN=9780813922010The Angel out of the House: Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England
ISBN: 9780813922010
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Virginia Press
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book cover image for The Hogg Family and Houston, ISBN=9780292793774The Hogg Family and Houston
ISBN: 9780292793774
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Texas Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists;
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book cover image for The Insider''s Guide to Working with Universities: Practical Insights for Board Members, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Alumni, Parents, and Administrators, ISBN=9781469653433The Insider''s Guide to Working with Universities: Practical Insights for Board Members, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Alumni, Parents, and Administrators
ISBN: 9781469653433
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press
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book cover image for The Insider's Guide to Working with Universities: Practical Insights for Board Members, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Alumni, Parents, and Administrators, ISBN=9781469653433The Insider's Guide to Working with Universities: Practical Insights for Board Members, Businesspeople, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Alumni, Parents, and Administrators
ISBN: 9781469653433
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / University of North Carolina Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Higher and Further Education;
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book cover image for The Manliest Man, ISBN=9781613762028The Manliest Man
ISBN: 9781613762028
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Massachusetts Press
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Subjects: Physicians; Social reformers; Philanthropists;
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book cover image for The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of NineteenthCentury American Reform, ISBN=9781613762028The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of NineteenthCentury American Reform
ISBN: 9781613762028
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Massachusetts Press
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book cover image for The Tech That Comes Next : How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World, ISBN=9781119859833The Tech That Comes Next : How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World
ISBN: 9781119859833
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Economics; Business/ Management;
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book cover image for To Make a Difference: A Prescription for a Good Life, ISBN=9780773590441To Make a Difference: A Prescription for a Good Life
ISBN: 9780773590441
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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book cover image for Unprecedented Power, ISBN=9781603445719Unprecedented Power
ISBN: 9781603445719
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Texas A&M University Press
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Subjects: Philanthropists; Capitalists and financiers;
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book cover image for Why the Wealthy Give, ISBN=9781400821853Why the Wealthy Give
ISBN: 9781400821853
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Princeton University Press
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Subjects: Elite (Social sciences); Voluntarism; Charities; Philanthropists;
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book cover image for Why the Wealthy Give: The Culture of Elite Philanthropy, ISBN=9781400821853Why the Wealthy Give: The Culture of Elite Philanthropy
ISBN: 9781400821853
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press
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book cover image for William Marsh Rice and His Institute, ISBN=9781603446884William Marsh Rice and His Institute
ISBN: 9781603446884
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Texas A&M University Press
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Subjects: Murder victims; Philanthropists; Businesspeople;
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