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Autore |
Brown Nikki L. M |
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Titolo |
Private politics and public voices [[electronic resource] ] : Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal / / Nikki Brown |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-07552-7 |
9786612075520 |
0-253-11239-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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