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Author Johnson, Joan Marie

Title Southern ladies, new women : race, region, and clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930 / Joan Marie Johnson
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series New perspectives on the history of the South
New perspectives on the history of the South.
Contents Southern ladies, new women -- "As intensely Southern as I am": black and white clubwomen, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Southern identity -- "Less said soonest mended": the parallel live of black and white clubwomen -- "Unity in diversity": South Carolina clubwomen, the South, and the nation -- Reluctant reformers, resistant legislators: white clubwomen and social reform -- "Exalting the cause of virtue": black and white clubwomen and juvenile reformatories -- Conclusion. "This wonderful dream nation!": contesting confederate culture
Summary Investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the 20th century and motivated their participation in efforts at social reform. Often doing similar work for different reasons, both groups emphasized history, memory, and education
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History
Women social reformers -- South Carolina -- History
Social problems -- South Carolina -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
African American women -- Societies and clubs
Social problems
Women social reformers
Women -- Societies and clubs
Schwarze Frau
Frau
Klub
SUBJECT South Carolina -- History -- 1865- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125562
Subject South Carolina
South Carolina
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004053718
ISBN 9780813037103
0813037107