| Visible Women: New Essays on American Activism Contributor(s): Hewitt, Nancy A. (Editor), Lebsock, Suzanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0252063333 ISBN-13: 9780252063336 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $48.51 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 93-18538 |
| Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.98" W x 8.89" (1.25 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this collection, fifteen leading historians of women and American history explore women's political action from 1830 to the present. Together, their contributions illustrate the tremendous scope and racial, ethnic, and class diversity of women's public activism while also clarifying various conceptual issues. Essays include an analysis of ideologies and strategies; suffrage militance in 1870s; ideas for a feminist approach to public life; labor feminism in the urban South; women's activism in Tampa, Florida; black women and economic nationalism; black women's clubs; the YMCA's place in the community; the role of Southern churchwomen in racial reform and transformation; and other topics. "Establishes important links between citizenship, race, and gender following the Reconstruction amendments and the Dawes Act of 1887."--Sharon Hartmann Strom, American Historical Review |