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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUB WOMEN'S IDEOLOGIES AND DISCOURSES; TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO; THREE THE WOMEN'S CLUBS AND POLITICAL REFORM; FOUR HOMES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN, YOUNG WORKING GIRLS, AND THE ELDERLY; FIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS; SIX LITERARY CLUBS; SEVEN SOCIAL CLUBS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S CLUBS, CHICAGO, 1890-1920; APPENDIX 2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUB WOMEN, CHICAGO, 1890-1920; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
During the Progressive Era, over 150 African American women's clubs flourished in Chicago. Through these clubs, women created a vibrant social world of their own, seeking to achieve social and political uplift by educating themselves and the members of their communities. In politics, they battled legal discrimination, advocated anti-lynching laws, and fought for suffrage. In the tradition of other mothering, in which the the community shares in the care and raising of all its children, the club women established kindergartens, youth clubs, and homes for the elderly. In Toward a Tenderer Humani |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies and clubs
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African American women -- Societies and clubs
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
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Illinois -- Chicago
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Silk, Leonard
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| ISBN |
9780814763599 |
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0814763596 |
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