LEADER 03521nam 22007694a 450 001 9910784670603321 005 20230207224139.0 010 $a1-282-07552-7 010 $a9786612075520 010 $a0-253-11239-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362308 035 $a(EBL)313177 035 $a(OCoLC)268793601 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283145 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232374 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283145 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336227 035 $a(PQKB)10630800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313177 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16757 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10191884 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207552 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362308 100 $a20060628d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPrivate politics and public voices$b[electronic resource] $eBlack women's activism from World War I to the New Deal /$fNikki Brown 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aBlacks in the diaspora 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34804-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThis political history of middle-class African American women during World War I focuses on their patriotic activity and social work. Nearly 200,000 African American men joined the Allied forces in France. At home, black clubwomen raised more than 125 million in wartime donations and assembled ""comfort kits"" for black soldiers, with chocolate, cigarettes, socks, a bible, and writing materials. Given the hostile racial climate of the day, why did black women make considerable financial contributions 410 0$aBlacks in the diaspora. 606 $aAfrican American women$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMiddle class women$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican American women political activists$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPatriotism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSocial service$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAfrican Americans 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1918-1932 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican American women$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class women$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American women political activists$xHistory 615 0$aPatriotism$xHistory 615 0$aSocial service$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAfrican Americans. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects 676 $a305.48/896073009041 700 $aBrown$b Nikki L. M$01561089 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784670603321 996 $aPrivate politics and public voices$93827521 997 $aUNINA