Women and Philanthropy
27 February 2019
In episode 44, to celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8 March, we take a look at 'Women and Philanthropy'.
This podcast explores 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:
- Fascinating 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 men's 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 & feminism in the 1960s/70s - how effective is philanthropy at addressing structural inequality? Can traditional funders support non-hierarchical networks and groups without subverting them?
- Women in philanthropy today: self-made millionaires & husband and wife teams.
- SDG 5 and global women’s issues
- Philanthropy and the #MeToo movement
- Gender equality in the nonprofit world?