Benevolence, moral reform, equality : women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to 1940 /

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"David Hanzlick traces the rise and evolution of women’s activism in a rapidly growing, Midwestern border city, one deeply scarred by the Civil War and struggling to determine its meaning. Over the course of 70 years, women in Kansas City emerged from the domestic sphere by forming and working...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanzlick, K. David, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2018]
Temas:
1800-1899
Women > Political activity > Kansas > Kansas City.
Women's rights > Kansas > Kansas City > History > 19th century.
Femmes > Activité politique > Kansas > Kansas City.
Femmes > Droits > Kansas > Kansas City > Histoire > 19e siècle.
1800-1899.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Women > Political activity.
Women's rights.
Kansas City (Kan.) > History > 19th century.
Kansas > Kansas City.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The exploding western metropolis : carving out a city on the bluffs, 1856 to 1870
  • The quality and equality of mercy are strained : the rise and fall of the female-led general relief agency, 1870 to 1879
  • "Back to their friends" : the reluctant response of male-led relief, 1880 to the eve of the world war
  • "Idiots, imbeciles, slaves, and women" : women's activism in Kansas City, 1880 to World War I
  • Morally and legally entitled : women's political activism in the interwar period in Kansas City.

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