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

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 educat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Joan Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2004.
Colección:New perspectives on the history of the South.
Temas:
Since 1865
Women > South Carolina > Societies and clubs > History.
African American women > South Carolina > Societies and clubs > History.
Women social reformers > South Carolina > History.
Social problems > South Carolina > History.
Femmes > Caroline du Sud > Associations > Histoire.
Réformatrices sociales > Caroline du Sud > Histoire.
Problèmes sociaux > Caroline du Sud > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
African American women > Societies and clubs
Social problems
Women social reformers
Women > Societies and clubs
Schwarze Frau
Frau
Klub
South Carolina > History > 1865-
Caroline du Sud > Histoire > 1865-
South Carolina
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Southern ladies, new women
  • "As intensely Southern as I am": black and white clubwomen, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Southern identity
  • "Less said soonest mended": the parallel live of black and white clubwomen
  • "Unity in diversity": South Carolina clubwomen, the South, and the nation
  • Reluctant reformers, resistant legislators: white clubwomen and social reform
  • "Exalting the cause of virtue": black and white clubwomen and juvenile reformatories
  • Conclusion. "This wonderful dream nation!": contesting confederate culture.

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