How Women Saved The City

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Spain uncovers the contribution of women to urban development at the turn of the twentieth century to clearly demonstrate the key role they played in shaping the American urban landscape. She reconstructs the story of women?s involvement in "redempti.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spain, Daphne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Salvation Army of America.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)
Salvation Army of America > History.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) > History.
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. > History.
Women > Societies, etc.
Women social reformers.
Women in public life.
Social settlements.
Centres sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Femmes > États-Unis > Associations.
Femmes dans la vie publique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Reformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Social settlements > United States > History.
Women > United States > Societies, etc.
Women in public life > United States > History.
Women social reformers > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: Voluntary Vernacular; TWO: Why Cities Needed Saving; PART I: Paths to Salvation; THREE: Sacred and Secular Organizational Ideologies; FOUR: Voluntary Associations with an Urban Presence; PART II: Redemptive Places; FIVE: New York City Headquarters, Smaller City Branches; SIX: Boston, the Cradle of Redemptive Places; SEVEN: Men Build Chicago's Skyline, Women Redeem the City; EIGHT: How Women Saved the City; Appendix A: Literature Review; Appendix B: Organizational Charters.
  • Appendix C: Addresses of Redemptive Places for Boston, New York City, and ChicagoNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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