| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Woman Proved Herself Man's Helpmate": Nationalism, Gender, and the Memory of the American Revolution -- "A Long and Mighty Race of Heroic Men": Remembering the Pioneers and American Nation-Building -- "Let Us Clasp Hands, Red Man and White Man": The DAR and the American Indian -- "Conserve the Sources of Our Race in the Anglo-Saxon Line": African Americans, New Immigrants, and -- Ethnic Nationalism -- "I Wanted It to Change and to Make Up for Its Past": The Daughters between 1945 and 2000 |
| Summary |
"In this comprehensive history of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), one of the oldest and most important women's organizations in United States history, Simon Wendt shows how the DAR's efforts to keep alive the memory of the nation's past were entangled with and strengthened the nation's racial and gender boundaries"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Daughters of the American Revolution -- History -- 20th century.
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Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women -- United States -- History.
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Women. |
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United States. |
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc.
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
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Societies. |
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wendt, Simon. The Daughters of the American Revolution and patriotic memory in the twentieth century Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2020. 9780813066608 (DLC) 2020016903 |
| ISBN |
9780813057613 electronic book |
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0813057612 electronic book |
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9780813066608 hardcover |
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