 | Women and Philanthropy in Education This book illuminates the philanthropic impulse that has influenced women's education and its place in the broader history of philanthropy in America. Contributing to the history of women, education, and philanthropy, the book shows how voluntary activity and home-grown educational enterprise were as important as big donors in the development of philanthropy. The essays in Women and Philanthropy in Education are generally concerned with local rather than national effects of philanthropy, and the giving of time rather than monetary support. Many of the essays focus on the individual lives of female philanthropists (Olivia Sage, Martha Berry) and teachers (Tsuda Umeko, Catharine Beecher), offering personal portraits of philanthropy in the 19th and 20th centuries. These stories provide evidence of the key role played by women in the development of philanthropy and its importance to the education of women. Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies--Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors Andrea Walton is Assistant Professor of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, where she teaches in the Higher Education and Foundations of Education programs and is also a member of the Philanthropic Studies faculty. Her research interests focus on the history of education and the history of philanthropy, especially in relation to women's experience. She has published articles on women's philanthropy, women's higher education, and the history of universities and voluntary associations in such venues as History of Education, Historical Studies in Education, Journal of Higher Education, and History of Education Quarterly. |
