How women saved the city [electronic resource] / Daphne Spain.
Publication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.Description: xvii, 311 p. : illISBN:- 0816635315 (HC/J : alk. paper)
- 0816635323 (PB : alk. paper)
- National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) -- History
- Salvation Army of America -- History
- Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. -- History
- Social settlements -- United States -- History
- Women in public life -- United States -- History
- Women social reformers -- United States -- History
- Women -- United States -- Societies, etc
- 305.42/0973 21
- HQ1420 .S64 2001eb
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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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.