Title Private politics and public voices : Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal / Nikki Brown

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations Series Blacks in the diaspora Blacks in the diaspora. Contents Introduction -- 1. Patriotism and Jim Crow -- 2. Investigations of the Southern Black Working Class -- 3. Volunteering with the Red Cross and the YWCA -- 4. Supporting Black Doughboys in France -- 5. Gender Relations and the New Negro -- 6. National Party Politics through the Depression Summary This political history of middle-class African American women during World War I focuses on their patriotic activity and social work. Nearly 200,000 African American men joined the Allied forces in France. At home, black clubwomen raised more than 125 million in wartime donations and assembled "comfort kits" for black soldiers, with chocolate, cigarettes, socks, a bible, and writing materials. Given the hostile racial climate of the day, why did black women make considerable financial contributions to the Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African American women -- History -- 20th century Middle class women -- United States -- History -- 20th century African American women political activists -- History -- 20th century Patriotism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Social service -- United States -- History -- 20th century World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans World War, 1914-1918 -- Women World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- United States African American women. African American women political activists. African Americans. Middle class women. Patriotism. Race relations. Social aspects. Social conditions Social service. Women. Patriotismus Politische Beteiligung Ethnische Beziehungen Bürgerrechtsbewegung Schwarze Frau Weltkrieg 1914-1918 Vrouwen. Activisme. SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140516 United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject United States. Verenigde Staten. USA. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0253112397 9780253112392 1282075527 9781282075528 9786612075520 661207552X

Other Titles Private politics & public voices Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal

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