MercuryNews.com | 10/29/2006 | Women's philanthropy group goes public with causes

MercuryNews.com | 10/29/2006 | Women's philanthropy group goes public with causes: "From John D. Rockefeller to Bill Gates, the popular image of the wealthy philanthropist has been male. That stereotype was probably always wrong, historians of philanthropy say, because wives or daughters frequently were the impetus. But as a generation who grew up during the feminist era gains more economic parity with men, begin to think about their legacy and inherit much of a projected $41 trillion generational transfer of wealth, they are gaining a sense of the power of their philanthropic dollars.

And there is a surge in women joining foundations and groups that are giving grants to causes such as reproductive rights."

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