Another lady whose bumpy emotional journey has led her to help others is Martha Lane Fox, dotcom millionairess, near-death survivor and head of her own charity, Antigone.
In the early 20th century, Qing dynasty carried out a series of social reformational policies in order to remedy its political power being at the edge of perdition.
The Federal Reserve came to the aid of insurance giant AIG, engineering an $85 billion rescue, staving off the bankruptcy and hoping to bring a measure of calm to a shellshocked global market.