How women saved the city - Spain, Daphne (Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2001)
Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.
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Keywords: Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. -- History; National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) -- History; Salvation Army of America -- History; Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. -- Histoire; National Association of Colored Women (États-Unis) -- Histoire; Salvation Army of America -- Histoire; National Association of Colored Women (U.S.); Salvation Army of America; Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.; Women social reformers -- United States -- History; Women in public life -- United States -- History; Women -- United States -- Societies, etc; Social settlements -- United States -- History; Réformatrices sociales -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Femmes dans la vie publique -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Femmes -- États-Unis -- Associations; Centres sociaux -- États-Unis -- Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social settlements; Women in public life; Women social reformers; Women -- Societies, etc; United States; Vrouwen; Openbaar leven; Vrijwilligersorganisaties; Stadssociologie; History