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03892aam a2200481 i 4500 001 DAE414EE96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 220714s2022 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022022439 020 $a 1625346913 020 $a 9781625346919 020 $a 1625346905 020 $a 9781625346902 035 $a (OCoLC)1302575352 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d YDX $d AUM $d PAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD6095 $b .P3149 2022 100 1 $a Pawley, Christine, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a Organizing women : $b home, work, and the institutional infrastructure of print in twentieth-century America / $c Christine Pawley. 264 1 $a Amherst : $b University of Massachusetts Press, $c [2022] 300 $a x, 267 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in print culture and the history of the book 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the first decades of the twentieth century, print-centered organizations spread rapidly across the United States, providing more women than ever before with opportunities to participate in public life. While most organizations at the time were run by and for white men, women-both Black and white-were able to reshape their lives and their social worlds through their participation in these institutions. Organizing Women traces the histories of middle-class women-rural and urban, white and Black, married and unmarried-who used public and private institutions of print to tell their stories, expand their horizons, and further their ambitions. Drawing from a diverse range of examples, Christine Pawley introduces readers to women who ran branch libraries and library schools in Chicago and Madison, built radio empires from their midwestern farms, formed reading clubs, and published newsletters. In the process, we learn about the organizations themselves, from libraries and universities to the USDA extension service and the YWCA, and the ways in which women confronted gender discrimination and racial segregation in the course of their work"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $a Machine generated contents note: $g ch. Six $t Books for Bronzeville: Vivian Gordon Harsh, the "Special Negro Collection," and the Chicago Public Library. $g ch. Two $t Letters from Leanna: Kitchen-Klatter and the Radio Homemakers -- $g ch. Three $t "What message does it have?": Race, Reading, and the Book Lovers Club -- $g ch. Four $t A "Terror" and a "Legend": Lutie Eugenia Steams and the State Library Organizations of Wisconsin -- $g ch. Five $t Maintaining a Mesh of Mutual Assistance: Mary Emogene Hazeltine and the Wisconsin Library School -- $g ch. Six $t Books for Bronzeville: Vivian Gordon Harsh, the "Special Negro Collection," and the Chicago Public Library. 650 0 $a Women $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Women's rights $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination in employment $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Racism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Racism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01086616 650 7 $a Sex discrimination in employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01114408 650 7 $a Women $x Employment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176715 650 7 $a Women's rights. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178818 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pawley, Christine, 1945- $t Organizing women $d Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022] $z 9781613769713 $w (DLC) 2022022440 830 0 $a Studies in print culture and the history of the book. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018014725.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DAE414EE96FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search