Private Politics and Public Voices - Black Women''s Activism From World War I to the New Deal

Klappentext Presents the political history of middle-class African American women during World War I! focusing on their patriotic activity and social work. This work argues that black women approached the war from the nexus of the private sphere of home and family and the public sphere of community and labour activism. Zusammenfassung Presents the political history of middle-class African American women during World War I! focusing on their patriotic activity and social work. This work argues that black women approached the war from the nexus of the private sphere of home and family and the public sphere of community and labour activism.

Product details

• Authors: Nikki Brown
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2006
• EAN: 9780253348043
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34804-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Blacks in the Diaspora
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.), Ethnic Studies, Politischer Aktivismus