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Women, culture, and community : religion and reform in Galveston, 1880-1920
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Elizabeth Hayes.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galveston (Tex.)--History.
- Galveston (Tex.)--Race relations.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--Political activity.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--Social conditions.
- Social action--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Social problems--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Middle class women--History--Texas--Galveston.
- Middle class women.
- Middle class women--Social conditions--Galveston--Texas.
- Middle class women--Political activity--Texas--Galveston.
- Social problems--History--Texas--Galveston.
- Social problems.
- Social action--History--Galveston--Texas.
- Social action.
- Galveston (Tex.).
- Galveston (Tex.)--Social conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- Galveston (Tex.)--History.
- Galveston (Tex.)--Race relations.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--Political activity.
- Middle class women--Texas--Galveston--Social conditions.
- Social action--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Social problems--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Women, Culture, and Community
- Women, culture and community
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this work, Elizabeth Turner addresses a central question in post-Reconstruction social history: why did middle-class women expand their activities from the private to the public sphere and begin, in the years just before World War I, an unprecedented activism? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner examines how a generally conservative, traditional environment could produce important women's organizations for Progressive reform. She concludes that the women of Galveston, though slow to respond to national movements, were stirred to action on behalf of their local community. Local organizat
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: The Multiple Meanings of Culture, Community, Religion, and Reform; 1 Disaster Strikes the Island City; 2 Women, Culture, and the Church: Memorials, Cemeteries, and Music; 3 Church Programs: Sunday School, Bible Classes, and Women's Societies; 4 ""A Blessing upon Our Labors"": Women's Benevolent Societies and Poor Relief; 5 Benevolent Institutions and Their Lady Managers; 6 Women's Clubs; 7 After the Storm: Women, Public Policy, and Power; 8 ""The Interest Has Never Lagged"": African American Women and the Black Community; 9 Women Organizing for the Vote
- 10 The YWCA and Wage-Earning WomenConclusion: Toward Progressive Women's Communities; Appendix A: An Essay on Methodology; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-508688-0
- 0-19-535867-8
- 1-60129-959-1
- 1-280-44228-X
- OCLC:
- 475957454
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