How women saved the city / Daphne Spain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spain, Daphne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women social reformers--United States--History.

Women social reformers.

Women in public life--United States--History.

Women in public life.

Women--United States--Societies, etc.

Women.

Social settlements--United States--History.

Social settlements.

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A--History.

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)--History.

National Association of Colored Women (U.S.).

Salvation Army of America--History.

Salvation Army of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spain uncovers the contribution of women to urban development at the turn of the twentieth century to clearly demonstrate the key role they played in shaping the American urban landscape. She reconstructs the story of women’s involvement in "redempti.

Contents:

Voluntary vernacular

Why cities needed saving

Sacred and secular organizational ideologies

Voluntary associations with an urban presence

New york City headquarters, smaller city branches

Boston, the cradle of redemptive places

Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city

How women saved the city

Appendix A : literature review

Appendix B : organizational charters

Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9132-0

0-8166-3532-3

OCLC:

180698423