What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?. Cook, Stephen

law, changing social attitudes and improving life for disadvantaged groups in society, including racial and other minorities. ‘Moments’ in history, such as the killing of George Floyd, will give a fresh focus and impetus to long-standing campaigns, but charities were there before and will still be there afterwards, for the long haul. Charities have also been deeply involved in the liberation of women, who, until relatively recently, were treated as the property of their husbands, excluded from education and most professions and denied the right to vote: this is the first subject of the next chapter.