| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2020) |
| Subject |
Daughters of the American Revolution -- History -- 20th century
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| SUBJECT |
Daughters of the American Revolution fast |
| Subject |
Women -- United States -- History
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
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Societies
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Women
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140181
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020016904 |
| ISBN |
9780813057613 |
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0813057612 |
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0813066603 |
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9780813066608 |
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