Ellen Browning Scripps : new money and American philanthropy / Molly McClain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClain, Molly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932.

Scripps, Ellen Browning.

Women journalists--United States--Biography.

Women journalists.

Women philanthropists--United States--Biography.

Women philanthropists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimile

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Summary:

Molly McClain tells the remarkable story of Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932), an American newspaperwoman, feminist, suffragist, abolitionist, and social reformer. She 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. In Ellen Browning Scripps, McClain brings to life an extraordinary woman who playeda vitalrole in the history of women, California, and the American West.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chronology

1. A Lapsed Victorian

2. The Evening News

3. The Realm of Queen Calafia

4. A Young Jewel

5. A Cold Shower of Gold

6. Down to the Sea

7. Old Age, New Age

8. A Feminist Speaks Out

9. Sweet Virginia

10. Educating Girls

11. The Playground and Community House

12. South Molton Villa

13. The Sinews of War

14. Still Roaring in the 1920s

15. Educating Women

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496201140

1496201140

9781496201126

1496201124

OCLC:

982249061