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Author Weisenfeld, Judith.

Title African American women and Christian activism : New York's Black YWCA, 1905-1945 / Judith Weisenfeld.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  267.5 W427A    Check Shelf
Description viii, 231 pages ; 25 cm
Contents "Bend the tree while it is young" : institutional alliances/institutional appropriations -- African American women and the politics of racial uplift -- YWCA social reform work -- African American women and the National YWCA -- "If one life shines" : African American women in networks -- Laying an activist foundation -- Conflicting visions -- "The home-made girl" : constructing a mobile private space -- Racially charged public space -- Racialized and gendered public space -- At "home" in New York -- Performing the private in public -- "We are it" : building on the urban frontier -- "Harlem rides the range" -- Toward a "room" of their own -- Internal frontiers -- "Interwoven destinies" : wars at home and abroad -- The crisis of the world -- "The girl you leave behind" -- An urban homefront -- "A grand place" : black America's community center -- A community center -- Educating for Christian democracy -- Christianizing city politics -- Girls' work -- Leadership training -- "Against the tide" : interracial work and racial conflict.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-226) and index.
Subject YWCA of the City of New York -- History -- 20th century.
Church work with African Americans.
Young women -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York.
Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religious life.
ISBN 0674689739
0674007786
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