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Author:

Brown, Nikki.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 194 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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--History--History--20th century.
Negers.
Vrouwen.
Activisme.
Verenigde Staten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 Doughboys in France -- 5. Gender Relations and the New Negro -- 6. National Party Politics through the Depression.

Series:

Blacks in the diaspora

ISBN:

9780253348043 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253348048 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006021426

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)