Jenny Lind
Swedish singer of international renown
Category Archives: Philanthropy
Continue reading
Jane Stanford
American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University
Radegund of Poitiers
Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, founder of a scholarly abbey
Isabella Flora Siteman
Although lacking formal education, Isabella Siteman was aware of the benefits it could confer. She decided to devote a large part of her savings to the better education of students who required financial help. Her will left the residue of her estate in trust for this purpose. The Isabella Siteman Scholarship was founded in 1923 and was intended to provide assistance to young men and women who wished to obtain a university education in New Zealand.
Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
Mary Augusta Humphry Ward
Immensely popular English novelist.
Godiva
Saxon lady of Coventry and naked activist for the poor.
Beryl Beaurepaire
Born in 1923, Dame Beryl Beaurepaire was a leading figure in the late twentieth century feminist movement in Australia.
Miles Franklin
Stella Miles Franklin was a leading writer who published under the pseudonyms Miles Franklin and Brent of Bin Bin.
Gertrude Abbott
Using an inheritance from Woods, she established St Margaret’s, a non-denominational maternity home in 1893, and for the next 30 years was involved in its management, initially as president and later as matron.