The Political Activities of Detroit Clubwomen in the 1920s : A Challenge and a Promise /

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In the early 1900s, Detroit's clubwomen successfully lobbied for issues like creating playgrounds for children, building public baths, raising the age for child workers, and reforming the school board and city charter. But when they won the vote in 1918, Detroit's clubwomen, both black and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris-Crowther, Jayne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Societies and clubs.
Women > Political activity.
Women political activists.
Politics and government
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Femmes > Michigan > Detroit > Associations.
Femmes > Activite politique > Michigan > Detroit.
Femmes activistes > Michigan > Detroit.
Women > Michigan > Detroit > Societies and clubs.
Women > Political activity > Michigan > Detroit.
Women political activists > Michigan > Detroit.
Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early Twentieth-Century Detroit and the Beginning of Women's Activism
  • The Club Work of Enfranchised Women
  • Policies That Affect Women and Children
  • Protecting the Home against Enemies
  • Home as Part of the Urban Environment
  • The Limits of Enfranchised Citizens
  • Conclusion.

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