WOMEN'S PATRONAGE IN EDUCATION OF UKRAINE (THE 19TH – THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY)

Abstract

The concept of charity and philanthropy are explained. The attention is focused on the needs of modern education in support of state and non-state actors, in particular the «third» non-profit sector. In this regard, the article reveals the experience of women’s patronage in the 19th – the beginning of the 20th century – princess Varvara Repnin, Countess Elizabeth Skoropadskiy-Miloradovich, activist of Education, teacher Christine Alchevsk, landowner Catherine Skarzhynskoyi. It is shown that their patronage activities were prospective in nature and directed at achieving public interest goals (grounds of schools, gymnasiums and guardianship them; the opening reading rooms and libraries; the funding of scientific societies; support of the publishing industry; the founding of museums and the like). It is indicated that the experience can be such as care about the fate and future of Ukraine for many contemporaries, and wealthy people.