TY - GEN T1 - Organizing women : home, work, and the institutional infrastructure of print in twentieth-century America T2 - Studies in print culture and the history of the book. A1 - Pawley, Christine, 1945- LA - English PP - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press YR - 2022 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1336593143 AB - "In the first decades of the twentieth century, print-centered organizations spread rapidly across the United States, providing more women than ever before with opportunities to participate in public life. While most organizations at the time were run by and for white men, women-both Black and white-were able to reshape their lives and their social worlds through their participation in these institutions. Organizing Women traces the histories of middle-class women-rural and urban, white and Black, married and unmarried-who used public and private institutions of print to tell their stories, expand their horizons, and further their ambitions. Drawing from a diverse range of examples, Christine Pawley introduces readers to women who ran branch libraries and library schools in Chicago and Madison, built radio empires from their midwestern farms, formed reading clubs, and published newsletters. In the process, we learn about the organizations themselves, from libraries and universities to the USDA extension service and the YWCA, and the ways in which women confronted gender discrimination and racial segregation in the course of their work"-- OP - 267 CN - HD6095 .P3149 2022 SN - 9781613769720 SN - 1613769725 SN - 1613769717 SN - 9781613769713 SN - 9781625346902 SN - 9781625346919 KW - Women : Employment : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Women's rights : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Sex discrimination in employment : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Racism : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Racisme : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - HISTORY / General KW - Racism KW - Sex discrimination in employment KW - Women : Employment KW - Women's rights KW - United States KW - 1900-1999 KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -