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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452353103321

Autore

Spain Daphne

Titolo

How women saved the city [[electronic resource] /] / Daphne Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8166-9132-0

0-8166-3532-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/0973

Soggetti

Women social reformers - United States - History

Women in public life - United States - History

Women - United States - Societies, etc

Social settlements - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.