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Creating the New Woman: The Rise of Southern Women's Progressive Culture in Texas, 1893-1918 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) by Judith N. McArthur; Judith N.. McArthur is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Regionally Distinct Yet Influenced By National Trends, Women's Progressive Culture In Texas Offers A Valuable Opportunity To Analyze The Evolution Of Women's Voluntary Associations, Their Challenges To Southern Conventions Of Race And Class, And Their Quest For Social Change And Political Power.--book Jacket. Judith Mcarthur Makes An Important And Accessible Contribution To The Study Of Women's Activism By Tracing In Detail How General Concerns Of National Progressive Organizations - About Pure Food, Prostitution, And Education Reform - Shaped Programs At State And Local Levels. Southern Women Differed From Their Northern Counterparts By Devising New Approaches To Settlement Work And Taking Advantage Of World War I To Challenge Southern Gender And Racial Norms. Mcarthur Offers A Unique Analysis Of How Women In Texas Succeeded In Securing Partial Voting Rights Before Passage Of The Nineteenth Amendment.--book Jacket. Throughout Her Study, Mcarthur Provides Valuable Comparisons Between North And South, Among Various Southern States, And Between Black And White, Male And Female Progressives.--book Jacket. The Coming Woman In Politics -- Domestic Revolutionaries -- Every Mother's Child

Author

Judith N. McArthur; Judith N.. McArthur

Publisher

Urbana: University of Illinois Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780252023767

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies