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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818875803321

Autore

Brown Nikki L. M

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07552-7

9786612075520

0-253-11239-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

305.48/896073009041

Soggetti

African American women - History - 20th century

Middle class women - United States - History - 20th century

African American women political activists - 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

World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - United States

United States Social conditions 1918-1932

United States Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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