The role of Jewish women in national Jewish philanthropic organisations in Britain from c.1880 to 1945

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The Role of Jewish Women in National, Jewish Philanthropic Organisations in Britain from c.1880 to 1945 Susannah Taylor Philanthropy has always been an important aspect of Jewish religious observance throughout the world. This was generally restricted to the men of the community, but the influence of the Christian Evangelical movement during the nineteenth century encouraged Jewish women in Britain to enter the field of philanthropy on a small scale. This work began with home visiting and minor fund-raising in conjunction with existing male-run communal organisations. From these origins Jewish women's philanthropy developed into a dynamic force that shaped the lives of all Jewish women thereafter. Using the records of a number of Jewish women's philanthropic organisations, this thesis charts the remarkable careers pursued by many Jewish women philanthropists in Britain from the 1880s to 1945. As a result of their charity work, the domesticated ladies of the Anglo-Jewish middle classes began to play a fuller part in the life of the Jewish community and in British society as a whole. Furthermore, in providing a broad chronological outline of Jewish women's charity work during the period from c. 1880 to 1945, it is hoped to promote further study in this previously neglected field, and to refute the marginalisation of Jewish women by historians.

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