Title Relations of rescue : the search for female moral authority in the American west, 1874-1939 / Peggy Pascoe

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 301 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Contents -- Introduction58; The Search for Female Moral Authority -- ORIGINS AND IDEAS -- 146; Institutional Origins -- 246; The Ideology of Female Moral Authority44; 18748211;1900 -- SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AND RELATIONS AMONG WOMEN -- 346; Some Women39;s Culture and Other Women39;s Needs58; Motivations44; Maternalism44; and the Language of Gratitude -- 446; Home Mission Women44; Race44; and Culture58; The Case of 34;Native Helpers34; -- 546; Homes Outside the Rescue Homes -- ANTICLIMAX -- 646; The Crisis of Victorian Female Moral Authority44; 18908211;1939 -- Epilogue58; A Legacy to Ponder8212;Female Moral Authority and Contemporary Women39;s Culture -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 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 -- Last Page Summary In this study of late nineteenth-century moral reform, Peggy Pascoe examines four specific cases--a home for Chinese prostitutes in San Francisco, California; a home for polygamous Mormon women in Salt Lake City, Utah; a home for unmarried mothers in Denver, Colorado; and a program forAmerican Indians on the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska--to tell the story of the women who established missionary rescue homes for women in the American West. Focusing on two sets of relationships--those between women reformers and their male opponents, and those between women reformers and thevarious groups of w Notes "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1993"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index Notes Print version record Subject Abused women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century Women volunteers in social service -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century Women's shelters -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century Church work with abused women -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century Women social reformers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century Christian ethics -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Elder Abuse. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse. Abused women Christian ethics Church work with abused women Moral conditions Women social reformers Women volunteers in social service Women's shelters SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Moral conditions Subject West United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199729258 0199729255 1280526971 9781280526978

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