Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood : African American Women's Clubs in Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago.

During the Progressive Era, over 150 African American women's clubs flourished in Chicago. Through these clubs, women created a vibrant social world of their own, seeking to achieve social and political uplift by educating themselves and the members of their communities. In politics, they battl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knupfer, Anne M.
Otros Autores: Silk, Leonard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Temas:
African American women > Illinois > Chicago > Societies and clubs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American women > Societies and clubs.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Illinois > Chicago.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUB WOMEN'S IDEOLOGIES AND DISCOURSES; TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO; THREE THE WOMEN'S CLUBS AND POLITICAL REFORM; FOUR HOMES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN, YOUNG WORKING GIRLS, AND THE ELDERLY; FIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS; SIX LITERARY CLUBS; SEVEN SOCIAL CLUBS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUBS, CHICAGO, 1890-1920; APPENDIX 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUB WOMEN, CHICAGO, 1890-1920; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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