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Author Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-2019

Title Natural allies : women's associations in American history / Anne Firor Scott.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1991]
©1991

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.406 S425N    Check Shelf
Description xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Women in American history
Women in American history.
Contents Pt. 1: The new republic -- To cast our mite on the altar of benevolence: women begin to organize -- To overleap the modesty of nature: the emergence of female activism -- We are now very busy: women and war -- Pt. 2: A new world -- to some extent -- Onward Christian women -- Self-improvement, community improvement -- Inventing "progressivism": municipal housekeeping -- Inventing"progressivism": social justice -- As organizations they could ask and gain.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-229) and index.
Subject Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Women volunteers in social service -- United States -- History.
ISBN 025201846X (acid-free paper)
9780252018466 (acid-free paper)
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