Ellen Browning Scripps : new money and American philanthropy /

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Molly McClain tells the remarkable story of Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932), an American newspaperwoman, feminist, suffragist, abolitionist, and social reformer who used her fortune to support women's education, the labor movement, and public access to science, the arts, and education. Born...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McClain, Molly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Scripps, Ellen Browning, > 1836-1932.
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Women philanthropists > United States > Biography.
Femmes journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Femmes philanthropes > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Women journalists.
Women philanthropists.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; 1. A Lapsed Victorian; 2. The Evening News; 3. The Realm of Queen Calafia; 4. A Young Jewel; 5. A Cold Shower of Gold; 6. Down to the Sea; 7. Old Age, New Age; 8. A Feminist Speaks Out; 9. Sweet Virginia; 10. Educating Girls; 11. The Playground and Community House; 12. South Molton Villa; 13. The Sinews of War; 14. Still Roaring in the 1920s; 15. Educating Women; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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