03567nam 22007934a 450 991081887580332120200520144314.01-282-07552-797866120755200-253-11239-7(CKB)1000000000362308(EBL)313177(OCoLC)268793601(SSID)ssj0000283145(PQKBManifestationID)11232374(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283145(PQKBWorkID)10336227(PQKB)10630800(MiAaPQ)EBC313177(MdBmJHUP)muse16757(Au-PeEL)EBL313177(CaPaEBR)ebr10191884(CaONFJC)MIL207552(EXLCZ)99100000000036230820060628d2006 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrPrivate politics and public voices Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal /Nikki Brown1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20061 online resource (209 p.)Blacks in the diasporaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34804-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 contributionsBlacks in the diaspora.Private politics & public voicesAfrican American womenHistory20th centuryMiddle class womenUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAfrican American women political activistsHistory20th centuryPatriotismUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial serviceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918African AmericansWorld War, 1914-1918WomenWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1918-1932United StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryAfrican American womenHistoryMiddle class womenHistoryAfrican American women political activistsHistoryPatriotismHistorySocial serviceHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918African Americans.World War, 1914-1918Women.World War, 1914-1918Social aspects305.48/896073009041Brown Nikki L. M1598437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818875803321Private politics and public voices3920705UNINA