Women, culture and community religion and reform in Galveston, 1880-1920

Why in the late 19th and early 20th centuries did southern women (black and white) advance from the private worlds of home and family into public life, transforming the cultural and political landscape of their community? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner asks who where the women who became ac...

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Main Author: Turner, Elizabeth Hayes
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1997, 1997
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Why in the late 19th and early 20th centuries did southern women (black and white) advance from the private worlds of home and family into public life, transforming the cultural and political landscape of their community? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner asks who where the women who became activists
Physical Description:x, 371 p. ill
ISBN:9780199854578