Women and philanthropy in education / edited by Andrea Walton. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - xi, 356 p. ; 25 cm. - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies . - Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .

Includes index.

Introduction : women and philanthropy in education : a problem of conceptions / Andrea Walton -- pt. 1. Schools, colleges, universities, and foundations. Teaching as philanthropy : Catharine Beecher and the Hartford Female Seminary / Frances Huehls -- Philanthropy and social case work : Mary E. Richmond and the Russell Sage Foundation, 1909-1928 / Sarah Henry Lederman -- Southern poor whites and higher education : Martha Berry's philanthropic strategies in the building of Berry College / Victoria-Mar�ia MacDonald and Eleanore Lenington -- Creative financing in social science : women scholars and early research / Mary Ann Dzuback -- Considering her influence : Sydnor H. Walker and Rockefeller support for social work, social scientists, and universities in the South / Amy E. Wells -- Brokering old and new philanthropic traditions : women's continuing education in the Cold War era / Linda Eisenmann -- pt. 2. Women's philanthropy as an agent of social and educational change. American philanthropy and women's education exported : missionary teachers in Turkey / Roberta Wollons -- Sisters in service : African American sororities and philanthropic support of education / Marybeth Gasman -- "Valuable and legitimate services" : black and white women's philanthropy through the PTA / Christine Woyshner -- Women's philanthropy for women's art in America, past and present / Karen J. Blair -- pt. 3. The politics of philanthropy in women's education : race, class, and gender. "Nothing more for men's colleges" : the educational philanthropy of Mrs. Russell Sage / Ruth Crocker -- The texture of benevolence : northern philanthropy, southern African American women, and higher education, 1930-1950 / Jayne R. Beilke -- "Contributing to the most promising peaceful revolution in our time" : the American women's scholarship for Japanese women, 1893-1941 / Linda L. Johnson -- Supporting females in a male field : philanthropy for women's engineering education / Amy Sue Bix.

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Autin-Grenier, Pierre. Histoire.


19th century.
XIXe si�ecle.
XIXe si�ecle (Paris, France : 1871)
Collection "Enseignement sup�erieur.".


Women in higher education--History.--United States
Endowments--History.--United States
Women philanthropists--History.--United States
Femmes dans l'enseignement sup�erieur--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis
Fondations--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis
Femmes philanthropes--Histoire.--�Etats-Unis
20e si�ecle.
�Education des femmes.
Femme.
Fondation (Institution)
Philanthropie.


�Etats-Unis.

LC 1757 / .W63 2005