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Ellen Browning Scripps

new money and American philanthropy

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An edition of Ellen Browning Scripps (2017)

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 in London, Scripps grew up in rural poverty on the Illinois prairie. She went from rags to riches, living out that cherished American story in which people pull themselves up by their bootstraps with audacity, hard work, and luck. She and her brother E.W. Scripps built America's largest chain of newspapers, linking Midwestern industrial cities with booming towns in the West. Less well known today than the papers started by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, Scripps newspapers transformed their owners into millionaires almost overnight. By the 1920s Scripps was worth an estimated $30 million, most of which she gave away. She established the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and appeared on the cover of Time magazine after founding Scripps College in Claremont, California. She also provided major financial support to organizations worldwide that promised to advance democratic principles and public education. McClain brings to life an extraordinary woman who played a vital role in the history of women, California, and the American West.

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Cover of: Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy
2019, University of Nebraska Press
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Cover of: Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy
2017, University of Nebraska Press
in English
Cover of: Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps: New Money and American Philanthropy
2017, University of Nebraska Press
in English
Cover of: Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps: new money and American philanthropy
2017
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.92, B
Library of Congress
PN4874.S38 M36 2017, PN4874.S38M36 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvii, 303 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26927837M
ISBN 10
0803295952
ISBN 13
9780803295957
LCCN
2016058015
OCLC/WorldCat
962254253

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