Introduction: The Multiple Meanings of Culture, Community, Religion, and Reform; 1 Disaster Strikes the Island City; 2 Women, Culture, and the Church: Memorials, Cemeteries, and Music; 3 Church Programs: Sunday School, Bible Classes, and Women's Societies; 4 ""A Blessing upon Our Labors"": Women's Benevolent Societies and Poor Relief; 5 Benevolent Institutions and Their Lady Managers; 6 Women's Clubs; 7 After the Storm: Women, Public Policy, and Power; 8 ""The Interest Has Never Lagged"": African American Women and the Black Community; 9 Women Organizing for the Vote
10 The YWCA and Wage-Earning WomenConclusion: Toward Progressive Women's Communities; Appendix A: An Essay on Methodology; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-360) and index
