How women saved the city [electronic resource] / Daphne Spain.

By: Spain, DaphneContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001Description: xvii, 311 p. : illSubject(s): Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. -- History | National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) -- History | Salvation Army of America -- History | Women social reformers -- United States -- History | Women in public life -- United States -- History | Women -- United States -- Societies, etc | Social settlements -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.42/0973 LOC classification: HQ1420 | .S64 2001Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.

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