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Faye McBeath held a position of leadership and authority with the Milwaukee Journal at a time when women were often relegated to backrooms and not boardrooms. She believed in the importance of civic duty and in focusing resources on the Milwaukee community. McBeath chose to use her wealth gained from the success of her uncle, Journal founder Lucius Nieman, to help others by forming a philanthropic foundation. Her selection of five areas of giving – children, elderly, health education, health care, and civics and governmental affairs – helped the foundation’s board direct her donations to efforts that she loved and cemented her legacy. This book will guide the reader through the life of Faye McBeath, the 50-year history of her foundation that was designed to end on Dec. 31, 2014, and her framework for giving that led to donations of nearly $50 million to worthy causes in the Milwaukee area.

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Jeffrey T. Ramsey, Ph.D., Historian. Dr. Ramsey’s research focuses on post-World War II American social and cultural history and the impact of popular culture on themes of gender and racial identity. He has presented at several scholarly conferences and has published a number of articles. Margaret Nettesheim Hoffmann’s research is in the history of American philanthropy, capitalism, and religious charity during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with special interest in the intersection of economic and religious discourses related to charitable giving. Professor Nettesheim Hoffmann has presented at conferences across the United States and contributed articles to the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee and the World Democracy Encyclopedia.

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