Notable American Philanthropists

Autorentext
Robert T. Grimm

Klappentext
This book provides substantial profiles of individuals and families who made significant contributions to the American philanthropic tradition from the 1600s to the present. The volume encompasses men and women who significantly shaped American life by their dedication to voluntary service or charitable donations. The 78 entries describe 110 individuals (a number of essays describe entire families, such as the Rockefellers, Booths, and Guggenheims). Most essays are 1,500-2,500 words in length, but family entries range from 2,500-9,000 words. Each essay examines a philanthropist's early years, education, and career, and then focuses upon his or her philanthropic philosophy and actions. Particular attention is paid to an individual's motivations and justifications for philanthropy.

Short samples of each philanthropist's writings are included, and the important societal contributions of each individual's philanthropic activity are assessed. All entries are cross-referenced and include a bibliographic list of references (print and nonprint sources). Many feature photos, and some describe the location of personal papers and other manuscript sources. This book also includes a preface, introduction, timeline, and lists of videos and children's books on American philanthropy. Sixty scholars contributed to this volume, each of who is notable for work on certain individuals or in the broad field of American philanthropy. These contributors did a great deal of original research, making this book the only source for detailed information on many of the included individuals.

Inhalt
Preface Introduction Addams, Jane Bacon, Leonard Baldwin, Roger Nash Barton, Clara Beecher, Lyman Benezet, Anthony Bethune, Mary McLeod Bishop, Bernice Pauahi Paki Booth Family Brace, Charles Loring Brookings, Robert Somers Carnegie, Andrew Chavez, Cesar Estrada Cooper, Peter Cuffe, Paul and James Forten Day, Dorothy Dayton Family Dix, Dorothea Lynde Drexel, Katharine Eastman, George Ford, Henry and Edsel Ford Franklin, Benjamin Garcia, Hector Perez Garrett, Mary Elizabeth Gates, William H. (Bill) III Girard, Stephen Goff, Frederick Harris Goodrich, Pierre Frist Gratz, Rebecca Guggenheim Family Higginson, Henry Lee Hogg, Ima Hoover, Herbert Clark Howe, Samuel Gridley Maria, Helen (Fiske) and Hunt Jackson Keayne, Robert Kelley, Florence Kellogg, Will Keith Kresge, Sebastian S. Lilly, Eli Low, Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Lowell, John Jr. Lowell, Josephine Shaw Lyon, Mary Mather, Cotton McCarty, Oseola McCormick, Nettie Fowler Mellon Family Moorland, Jesse E. Muir, John Native American Philanthropy: Family and Giving in Lakota Communities Olin, John M. Owen, Robert and Robert Dale Owen Packard, David and Lucile Packard Patterson, Frederick Douglass Peabody, George Pew Family Robinson, James Herman Rockefeller, John D. Sr. Rockefeller Family Rosenwald, Julius Rush, Benjamin Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum (Mrs. Russell) Sanger, Margaret Seton, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Smithson, James Soros, George Stanford, Leland and Jane Lathrop Stanford Szold, Henrietta Tappan, Arthur and Lewis Tappan Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) Tuckerman, Joseph Wald, Lillian D. Walker, Madame C.J. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Wells-Barnett, Ida B. Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline Winthrop, John Appendix 1: Time Line of American Philanthropy Appendix 2: Videos Appendix 3: Children's Books Index

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