Giving to Charity

Charity and philanthropy were very big in the late Victorian age, probably in part because people did know, deep down, how badly-off so many people were. At the same time, they had a nasty habit of giving money to help the "poor benighted heathens" instead of the poor benighted East End-ers.

Start by taking a look at The Victorian Dictionary.

Charities

• ThomasBarnardo -- tireless worker for poor children

-- ChrisLehrich^? - 30 Dec 2004

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