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Kathleen McCarthy here presents the first book-length treatment of
the vital role middle- and upper-class women played in the
development of American museums in the century after 1830. By
promoting undervalued areas of artistic endeavor, from folk art to
the avant-garde, such prominent individuals as Isabella Stewart
Gardner, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
were able to launch national feminist reform movements, forge
extensive nonprofit marketing systems, and "feminize" new
occupations.
In this bracing history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact
of philanthropy-both giving and volunteerism-on America from 1700
to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during
the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. By exploring the
relationships between the market, the state, and the voluntary
sphere, McCarthy demonstrates how these elements interacted to
change our government-and the course of history. Donors,
volunteers, and 'nonprofit entrepreneurs' all left a distinctive
imprint on American charities, educational patronage, struggles
against slavery and racism, female campaigns for equality, and
wartime imperatives. In the process, McCarthy uncovers the pivotal
role of philanthropy in the story of America's continuous pursuit
to fulfill our founding ideals.
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