How Did Class Divisions Shape Charitable Donations?

Class divisions and class attitudes shape the way people reached out to others in terms of charitable donations. At this time, there really was lot of distinguishing by those in the middle and upper classes that among the poor there were those who were worthy and those who were not. Those who could recognize difference as coming not from innate human lacking, but rather from circumstance, from actual social conditions,. i think, had the most opportunity to help people move forward towards health.