Southern ladies, new women : race, region, and clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930 / Joan Marie Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Joan Marie.

Series:

New perspectives on the history of the South.

New perspectives on the history of the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--South Carolina--Societies and clubs--History.

Women.

African American women--South Carolina--Societies and clubs--History.

African American women.

Women social reformers--South Carolina--History.

Women social reformers.

Social problems--South Carolina--History.

Social problems.

South Carolina--History--1865-.

South Carolina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the 20th century and motivated their participation in efforts at social reform. Often doing similar work for different reasons, both groups emphasized history, memory, and education.

Contents:

Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; List of Illustrations viii; Series Foreword ix; Acknowledgments xiii; 1. Southern Ladies, New Women 1; 2. "As Intensely Southern As I Am": Black and White Clubwomen, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Southern Identity 24; 3. "Less Said Soonest Mended": The Parallel Lives of Black and White Clubwomen 60; 4. "Unity in Diversity"South Carolina Clubwomen, the South, and the Nation 89; 5. Reluctant Reformers, Resistant Legislators: White Clubwomen and Social Reform 129

6. "Exalting the Cause of Virtue": Black and White Clubwomen and Juvenile Reformatories 168Conclusion. "This Wonderful Dream Nation!":Contesting Confederate Culture 202; Notes 209; Bibliography 259; Index 277

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-3710-7

OCLC:

735603306