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@admirablewomen.bsky.social

Victorian artist & naturalist Marianne North (b. #OTD in 1830) defied gender norms to document global plant life. Over 14 years, she traveled solo across 6 continents and 15+ countries, creating a revolutionary visual archive of the natural world. #WomenInSTEM #Art #ArtSky

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@melissawoodruff.bsky.social

It really helps if you are a "high-bred" White woman. Money opens doors--the doors that were closed to the women who helped keep her house, cooked her meals, and most definitely, organized her collections.

Kate

@katesays.bsky.social

You're right. Money helps, always has and still does. That said, very few people of means take personal risks to advance something meaningful for those other than themselves. She did.

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@melissawoodruff.bsky.social

I've actually worked with a couple of billionaires and many millionaires. OLDE MONEY. Generational wealth, never a care about how they'll succeed--it's guaranteed. Yes, the Rockefellers, DuPonts, etc., etc. have done wonders in philanthropy, but their world is completely different. They assume

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@melissawoodruff.bsky.social

(rightly) that their wants and needs will be anticipated and delivered. They wonder at how the middle class makes do with what they DON'T have. Some are delightful, some are pigs, but the color of one's skin is still very much in judgement during this time.

Lawgirlwa

@coco312.bsky.social

Maybe we wouldn’t need philanthropy if the billionaires paid their fair share of taxes, wages, and social security.

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@melissawoodruff.bsky.social

The Robber Barons came into their wealth before the time of SS, and Medicare--but yes. Taxing them at 70% was a good idea, and built a lot of our infrastructure--and they STILL had money to build 50 room "cottages" and mansions in NYC. We'll always need philanthropy, we need to tax tf outta them.