Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: Voluntary Vernacular; TWO: Why Cities Needed Saving; PART I: Paths to Salvation; THREE: Sacred and Secular Organizational Ideologies; FOUR: Voluntary Associations with an Urban Presence; PART II: Redemptive Places; FIVE: New York City Headquarters, Smaller City Branches; SIX: Boston, the Cradle of Redemptive Places; SEVEN: Men Build Chicago's Skyline, Women Redeem the City; EIGHT: How Women Saved the City; Appendix A: Literature Review; Appendix B: Organizational Charters
Appendix C: Addresses of Redemptive Places for Boston, New York City, and ChicagoNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
Spain uncovers the contribution of women to urban development at the turn of the twentieth century to clearly demonstrate the key role they played in shaping the American urban landscape. She reconstructs the story of women?s involvement in "redempti
