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Organizing women : home, work, and the institutional infrastructure of print in twentieth-century America / Christine Pawley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pawley, Christine, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
- Studies in print culture and the history of the book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women's rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Women's rights.
- Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Sex discrimination in employment--United States--History--20th century.
- Sex discrimination in employment.
- Racism--United States--History--20th century.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, Massachusetts : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "In the first decades of the twentieth century, print-centered organizations spread rapidly across the United States, providing more women than ever before with opportunities to participate in public life. While most organizations at the time were run by and for white men, women-both Black and white-were able to reshape their lives and their social worlds through their participation in these institutions. Organizing Women traces the histories of middle-class women-rural and urban, white and Black, married and unmarried-who used public and private institutions of print to tell their stories, expand their horizons, and further their ambitions. Drawing from a diverse range of examples, Christine Pawley introduces readers to women who ran branch libraries and library schools in Chicago and Madison, built radio empires from their midwestern farms, formed reading clubs, and published newsletters. In the process, we learn about the organizations themselves, from libraries and universities to the USDA extension service and the YWCA, and the ways in which women confronted gender discrimination and racial segregation in the course of their work"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781613769713
- OCLC:
- 1336593143
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