1. Introduction -- 2. Black Women and Social Action: A Historical Perspective -- 3. African American Women Organize to Ameliorate Social Conditions -- 4. Clubwomen and Social Action: Volunteerism for the Common Good -- 5. Social Housekeeping in the South: Social Settlements and School Settlements -- 6. Black Bourgeoisie in the Slums or Helping Women: Paradigms of Black Settlement Houses in the North and Midwest -- 7. The National Urban League and the Professionalization of Black Social Workers -- 8. A New Image: From the New Black Woman to the New Deal -- 9. Epilogue
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-206) and index