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Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America Ruth Crocker
Mrs. Russell Sage: Women's Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America
Ruth Crocker
The wife of robber-baron Russell Sage, Olivia Sage took on the mantle of active, reforming womanhood in New York voluntary associations. When Russell Sage died in 1906, he left her a vast fortune. Sage used the money to fund a spectrum of progressive reforms. This biography is about a ruling-class woman who became a major American philanthropist.
552 pages, 34 b&w photographs
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 30, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780253220455 |
| Publishers | Indiana University Press |
| Pages | 525 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 34 mm · 889 g |