Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The exploding western metropolis : carving out a city on the bluffs, 1856 to 1870
  • The quality and equality of mercy is strained : the rise and falll 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 I
  • "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
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.