Title Women, philanthropy, and civil society / edited by Kathleen D. McCarthy

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (v, 314 pages) : illustrations Series Philanthropic studies ; 18th volume Philanthropic studies ; v. 18. Contents Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Maria Luddy -- Women and philanthropy in France : from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries / Evelyne Diebolt -- Women and philanthropy in Brazil : an overview / Leilah Landim -- The Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as a catalyst of deep-seated change / Per Selle -- Women and philanthropy in colonial and post-colonial Australia / Shurlee Swain -- Parallel power structures, invisible careers, and the changing nature of American Jewish women's philanthropy / Susan M. Chambré -- Women and philanthropy in Egypt / Amani Kandil -- An Islamic activist in interwar Egypt / Beth Baron -- Women and philanthropy in Palestinian and Egyptian societies : the contributions of Islamic thought and the strategy of national survival / Ghada Hashem Talhami -- Women and philanthropy in India / Pushpa Sundar -- Women and philanthropy in South Korea from a non-Western perspective / Hye Kyung Lee Summary "This volume, which grows out of a research project on women and philanthropy sponsored by the Center for the Study of Philanthropy at the City University of New York, expands our understanding of female beneficence in shaping diverse political cultures ... As in the United States, this activity often enabled women to create parallel power structures that resembled, but rarely replicated, the commercial and political arenas of men. From nuns who managed charitable and educational institutions to political activists demanding an end ot discriminatory practices against women and children, many of the women whose lives are documented in these pages claimed distinctive public roles through the nonprofit sphere. The authors are from Europe, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, Egypt, India, and Asia. Their essays cover nations on every continent, representing a variety of political and religious systems ... The essays in this book illustrate the extent to which government, the market, and religion have shaped the role of female philanthropy and philanthropists in different national settings. By shifting the focus from organizations to donors and volunteers, they begin to assess the relative importance of each of these factors in creating opportunities for citizen participation, as well as the role of female philanthropy in opening a space for women in the public sphere"--From publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Women in charitable work -- Cross-cultural studies Women in charitable work -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies Women -- Charitable contributions -- Cross-cultural studies Women volunteers in social service -- Cross-cultural studies Civil society. Cross-cultural studies. Women volunteers in social service. Cross-Cultural Comparison SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General Cross-cultural studies Civil society Women in charitable work Women volunteers in social service Philanthropie Gesellschaft Aufsatzsammlung Frau Gender identity. Women in charitable work -- Cross-cultural studies. Women volunteers in social service -- Cross-cultural studies. Civil society. Women philanthropists -- Cross-cultural studies. Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies Essays. Cross-cultural studies. Études transculturelles. Form Electronic book Author McCarthy, Kathleen D., editor of compilation. LC no. 00063425 ISBN 9780253069016 0253069017

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