A Band of Noble Women - Racial Politics in the Women's Peace Movement

Informationen zum Autor Melinda Plastas is visiting assistant professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program and the Department of Politics at Bates College in Maine. Her research interests include the politics of race and gender in U.S. women's social movements. Klappentext Brings together the histories of the women's peace movement and the black women's club and social reform movement in a story of community and consciousness building between the world wars. This study enables us to examine more fully the history of race in US women's movements and illuminates the role of the women's peace movement in setting the foundation for the civil rights movement. Zusammenfassung Brings together the histories of the women’s peace movement and the black women’s club and social reform movement in a story of community and consciousness building between the world wars. This study enables us to examine more fully the history of race in US women’s movements and illuminates the role of the women’s peace movement in setting the foundation for the civil rights movement.

Product details

• Authors: Melinda Plastas
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2011
• EAN: 9780815632573
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3257-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 237 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and; Syracuse Studies on Peace and; Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education