Giving Thought

In episode 44, to celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8th March, we take a look at “Women and Philanthropy”. Exploring famous female philanthropists past and present, the role that charitable work has played in the emancipation of women, and the ways in which philanthropy has been used as a tool to fight for women’s rights. Including   Fascianting female philanthropists from history: Angela Burdett Coutts, Octavia Hill, Olivia Russell Sage, Beatrix Potter, Jenny Lind and Madam CJ Walker The importance of philanthropy as a bridge between the domestic sphere and the public sphere and the role it therefore played in changing women’s perceptions of their own capacities & changing mens’ perception of the role of women. Philanthropy as an outlet for the misery and frustration of Victorian women Is there such as a thing as “feminine” philanthropy? Philanthropy and the women’s suffrage movement Philanthropy and the women’s anti-suffrage movement Philanthropy, women’s liberation & feminismn in the 1960