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Author Kendall, Diana Elizabeth.

Title The power of good deeds : privileged women and the social reproduction of the upper class / Diana Kendall.

Publication Info. Lanham : Roman & Littlefield Publishers, [2002]
©2002

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 Moore Stacks  HQ1905.T4 K46 2002    Available  ---
Description viii, 195 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Contents Elite women and philanthropy -- Good deeds and fundraising : it takes money to make (big) money! -- Learning the ropes : the childhood and college years of elite women -- Take a bow : debutantes and good deeds -- Members only : organizational structure and patterns of exclusion -- Societal implications of the contradictions in elite women's good deeds.
Subject Upper class women -- Texas -- Social life and customs.
Upper class women.
Texas.
Manners and customs.
Debutantes -- Texas -- Social life and customs.
Debutantes.
Women -- Texas -- Societies and clubs.
Women.
Charity organization -- Texas -- Case studies.
Charity organization.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Voluntarism -- Texas -- Case studies.
Voluntarism.
Social stratification -- Texas.
Social stratification.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre/Form Case studies.
ISBN 0742519767 paperback alkaline paper
0742519759 cloth alkaline paper