Women, Culture, and Community Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920

Name: Women, Culture, and Community Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920
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ISBN: 9780195086881

ISBN-10: 0195086880

ISBN-13: 9780195086881

Edition: 1997

Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Turner

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In this work, Elizabeth Turner addresses a central question in post-Reconstruction social history: why did middle-class women expand their activities from the private to the public sphere and begin, in the years just before World War I, an unprecedented activism? Using Galveston as a case study, Turner examines how a generally conservative, traditional environment could produce important women's organizations for Progressive reform. She concludes that the women of Galveston, though slow to respond to national movements, were stirred to action on behalf of their local community. Local organizations, particularly Episcopal and Presbyterian churches, and traditional everyday social activities…

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List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/11/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.29" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction the Multiple Meanings of Culture, Community, Religion, and Reform



Gilded Age Galveston



Disaster Strikes the Island City



Women, Culture, and the Church: Memorials, Cemeteries, and Music



Church Programs Sunday School, Bible Classes, and Women's Societies



Enevolent Institutions and Their Lady Managers



Women's Clubs



Progressive Era Galveston



After the Storm: Women, Public Policy, and Power



""""The Interest Has Never Lagged"""" African American Women and the Black Community



Women Organizing for the Vote



The Ywca and Wage-Earning Women


Conclusion Toward Progressive Women's Communities



An Essay on Methodology: Analysis of White Activist Women for A Galveston Women Database


Notes


Index