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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Club women"”.
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“The least of these”: black club women and the social gospel
… founding of the National Association of Colored Women, an organization of black club women committed to improving black communities. Formed in 1896, the NACW sought to counter negative portrayals of blacks in the public sphere. Mostly from middle class backgrounds, black club women stressed …
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Black Women in Hattiesburg During World War II: War Work and Community Activism on the Home Front
… War II provided many opportunities for Black women to serve their race, community, and nation in the Jim Crow South. The racially segregated United States Army led to the formation of Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street United Service Organization (USO) in 1942, creating a need for Black women’s …
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Social graces: the Natchez Garden Club as a literacy sponsor
This study asks (1) how did the Natchez Garden Club conceptualize and promote literacy in their club and in the community?, (2) how might educational practices of select Southern, White, elite women be theorized in the lives of the Natchez Garden Club and its members during the 1930s, 40s and 50s?, …
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The expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of homemakers concerning the Cooperative Extension Service home economics program in Delaware County, Indiana
… of Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Clubs and (2) homemakers not holding a membership in a Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Club. The expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of participants were concerned with the Cooperative Extension Service home economics …
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Reading and Responding: Finding and Making Meaning in the Life Writing of Diasporic Iranian Jewish Women
… life writing of diasporic Iranian Jewish women. It examines how these women have differentially imagined their diasporic lives and travels, and how they have in turn been imagined and accepted or rejected by their audiences. In the first chapter, I use “home” as a lens for understanding …