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Organized womanhood : cultural politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920 by Haarsager, Sandra, 1946- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In Organized Womanhood, Sandra Haarsager shows how women's organizations in the Pacific Northwest became a major social force, imposing education, culture, and political reform to counter others' vision of a Wild West. Meeting in clubs to study great literature or art, women soon found themselves lobbying for better social, legal, and economic status for women, from working women to widows. Their ideas about education and culture counterbalanced the pressures of fast-paced economic and political

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Haarsager, Sandra, 1946-
Publisher
Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780806176338
Category
history
Subjects
History, Sociology, Science
Rating
2 / 5 (3 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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