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African American women and social action : the clubwomen and volunteerism from Jim Crow to the New Deal, 1896-1936
Cash, Floris Loretta Barnett.
Examines the volunteer efforts of black clubwomen from 1896 to 1936 and how their work influenced the impact and direction of social services in black communities during the Progressive era.
Publisher: Greenwood Press,
Pub date: 2001.
Pages: x, 213 p., [18] p. of plates :
ISBN: 0313315639
Item info: 1 copy available at Main Library.
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African American women and social action : the clubwomen and volunteerism from Jim Crow to the New Deal, 1896-1936
Cash, Floris Loretta Barnett.

Summary

Examines the volunteer efforts of black clubwomen from 1896 to 1936 and how their work influenced the impact and direction of social services in black communities during the Progressive era. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Author Biography

Floris Barnett Cash is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

   Preface ix
   Acknowledgments xi
   1. Introduction 1
   2. Black Women and Social Action: A Historical Perspective 15
   3. African American Women Organize to Ameliorate Social Conditions 29
Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
African American women and social action : the clubwomen and volunteerism from Jim Crow to the New Deal, 1896-1936
Cash, Floris Loretta Barnett.
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Leader: am aec
Key: OC 04706676
Data source: OC
Fixed field data: 000728s2001 ctuaf b 001 0 eng
LCCN: 00061719
ISBN: 0313315639 (alk. paper)
Local system #: (OCoLC)44775033
Cataloging source: DLC DLC
Geographic area code: n-us---
Local holdings: OCPP
LC Call Number: E185.86 .C33 2001
DDC class no.: 361.7/6/08996073 21
Local DDC call #: 361.760899 C338, 2001
Personal name: Cash, Floris Loretta Barnett.
Title: African American women and social action : the clubwomen and volunteerism from Jim Crow to the New Deal, 1896-1936 / Floris Barnett Cash.
Publication info: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
Description: x, 213 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series title: (Contributions in women's studies,ISSN0147-104X ; no. 188)
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-206) and index.
Held by: MAIN
Topical subject: African American women--Political activity--History--20th century.
Topical subject: African American women--Societies and clubs--History--20th century.
Topical subject: African American women social reformers--History--20th century.
Topical subject: Social action--United States--History--20th century.
Topical subject: Voluntarism--United States--History--20th century.
Topical subject: African American women--Social conditions--20th century.
Topical subject: African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Geographic term: United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.
Geographic term: United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.
OCLC-MARC processing: E0 OCP