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Private politics and public voices : Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal / Nikki Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Nikki L. M.
- Series:
- Blacks in the diaspora.
- Blacks in the diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women--History--20th century.
- African American women.
- Middle class women--United States--History--20th century.
- Middle class women.
- African American women political activists--History--20th century.
- African American women political activists.
- Patriotism--United States--History--20th century.
- Patriotism.
- Social service--United States--History--20th century.
- Social service.
- World War, 1914-1918--African Americans.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women.
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Private politics & public voices
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This political history of middle-class African American women during World War I focuses on their patriotic activity and social work. Nearly 200,000 African American men joined the Allied forces in France. At home, black clubwomen raised more than 125 million in wartime donations and assembled ""comfort kits"" for black soldiers, with chocolate, cigarettes, socks, a bible, and writing materials. Given the hostile racial climate of the day, why did black women make considerable financial contributions
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Patriotism and Jim Crow; 2. Investigations of the Southern Black Working Class; 3. Volunteering with the Red Cross and the YWCA; 4. Supporting Black Dough boys in France; 5. Gender Relations and the New Negro; 6. National Party Politics through the Depression; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07552-7
- 9786612075520
- 0-253-11239-7
- OCLC:
- 268793601
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