The Daughters of the American Revolution and patriotic memory in the twentieth century / Simon Wendt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wendt, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Daughters of the American Revolution--History--20th century.

Daughters of the American Revolution.

Women--United States--History.

Women.

History.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Societies, etc.

Societies.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]

Summary:

"In this comprehensive history of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), one of the oldest and most important women's organizations in United States history, Simon Wendt shows how the DAR's efforts to keep alive the memory of the nation's past were entangled with and strengthened the nation's racial and gender boundaries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "Woman Proved Herself Man's Helpmate": Nationalism, Gender, and the Memory of the American Revolution

2. "A Long and Mighty Race of Heroic Men": Remembering the Pioneers and American Nation-Building

3. "Let Us Clasp Hands, Red Man and White Man": The DAR and the American Indian

4. "Conserve the Sources of Our Race in the Anglo-Saxon Line": African Americans, New Immigrants, and Ethnic Nationalism

5. "I Wanted It to Change and to Make Up for Its Past": The Daughters between 1945 and 2000.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wendt, Simon, The Daughters of the American Revolution and patriotic memory in the twentieth century

ISBN:

9780813066608

0813066603

OCLC:

1153340268