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Author Johnson, Joan Marie.

Title Southern ladies, new women : race, region, and clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930 / Joan Marie Johnson.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2004]
©2004
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New perspectives on the history of the South
New perspectives on the history of the South.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.
Contents Southern ladies, new women -- "As intensely Southern as I am": black and white clubwomen, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and Southern identity -- "Less said soonest mended": the parallel live of black and white clubwomen -- "Unity in diversity": South Carolina clubwomen, the South, and the nation -- Reluctant reformers, resistant legislators: white clubwomen and social reform -- "Exalting the cause of virtue": black and white clubwomen and juvenile reformatories -- Conclusion. "This wonderful dream nation!": contesting confederate culture.
Summary Investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the 20th century and motivated their participation in efforts at social reform. Often doing similar work for different reasons, both groups emphasized history, memory, and education.
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Subject Women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History.
Women.
South Carolina.
History.
African American women -- South Carolina -- Societies and clubs -- History.
African American women.
Women social reformers -- South Carolina -- History.
Women social reformers.
Social problems -- South Carolina -- History.
Social problems.
South Carolina -- History -- 1865-
Chronological Term 1865-
Since 1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Johnson, Joan Marie. Southern ladies, new women. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2004 0813027829 (DLC) 2004053718 (OCoLC)55962377
ISBN 9780813037103 (electronic book)
0813037107 (electronic book)
0813027829
9780813027821

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