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Private politics and public voices : Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal / Nikki Brown

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006

Online-Ressource (xii, 194 p) : ill ; 25 cm

Englisch

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Patriotism and Jim Crow; 2. Investigations of the SouthernBlack Working Class; 3. Volunteering with the Red Crossand the YWCA; 4. Supporting Black Doughboys in France; 5. Gender Relations and the New Negro; 6. National Party Politics throughthe Depression; Notes; Index

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: Private Politics and Public Voices : Black Women's Activism from World War I to the New Deal

978-0-253-34804-3 ; 0-253-34804-8

978-0-253-34804-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

E185.86

305.48/896073009041     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- United States ; African American women political activists -- History -- 20th century ; Patriotism -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century ; African American women -- History -- 20th century ; Middle class women -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Social service -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women

African American women ; History ; 20th century ; African American women political activists ; History ; 20th century ; Middle class women ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; Patriotism ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; Social service ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; World War, 1914-1918 ; African Americans ; World War, 1914-1918 ; Women ; Electronic books

This political history of middle-class African American women during World War I focuses on their patriotic activity and social work. Nearly 200,000 African American men joined the Allied forces in France. At home, black clubwomen raised more than 125 million in wartime donations and assembled "comfort kits" for black soldiers, with chocolate, cigarettes, socks, a bible, and writing materials. Given the hostile racial climate of the day, why did black women make considerable financial contributions to the