Woman's Mission by Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts - 9781108057349

Woman's MissionA Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers\nAuthor(s): Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108057349, 978-1108057349\nSynopsis\nGranddaughter of the banker Thomas Coutts, the philanthropist Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts [tel] was one of the most remarkable women of her age, giving away an estimated 4 million of her inheritance to a wide range of causes at home and abroad. She set an example to others, offering support in a practical way without fuss, working with Charles Dickens on schemes to improve the lot of the poverty-stricken, striving to ameliorate the conditions in which they lived. The Church of England was another beneficiary of her largesse, receiving endowments for bishoprics, churches, and elementary and technical school buildings. In 1893, she edited this collection of papers from a congress held d.