ISBN:
9780253348043
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0253348048
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 194 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Blacks in the diaspora
Parallel Title:
Print version Private Politics and Public Voices : Black Women's Activism from World War I to the New Deal
DDC:
305.48/896073009041
Keywords:
World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects
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African American women political activists History 20th century
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Patriotism History 20th century
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African American women History 20th century
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Middle class women History 20th century
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Social service History 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 African Americans
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World War, 1914-1918 Women
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African American women ; History ; 20th century
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African American women political activists ; History ; 20th century
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Middle class women ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Patriotism ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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Social service ; United States ; History ; 20th century
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World War, 1914-1918 ; African Americans
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World War, 1914-1918 ; Women
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Electronic books
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United States Social conditions 1918-1932
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United States Race relations 20th century
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History
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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