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Author:

Farmer-Kaiser, Mary.

Title:

Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation / Mary Farmer-Kaiser.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
African American women--Southern States--History--19th century.
African American women--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "a long time in want of a bureau" -- That the freed-women ... may rise to the dignity and glory of true womanhood : the men, purpose, and gendered freedom of the Freedmen's Bureau -- A weight of circumstances like millstones about their necks to drag and keep them down : freedwomen, federal relief, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- The women are the controlling spirits : freedwomen, free labor, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- To put forth almost superhuman efforts to regain their children : freedwomen, parental rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- Strict justice for every man, woman, and child : gender, justice, and the Freedman's Bureau.

Series:

Reconstructing America.

ISBN:

0823232131 (ebook)
9780823232130 (ebook)
0823232123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780823232123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823232115 (alk. paper)
9780823232116 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)491917558

LCCN:

2009054041

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)