Organized womanhood : cultural politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920

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Organized womanhood : cultural politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920 / by Sandra Haarsager.

Haarsager, Sandra, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

In Organized Womanhood, Sandra Haarsager shows how women's organizations in the Pacific Northwest became a major social force, imposing education, culture, and political reform to counter others' vision of a Wild West. Meeting in clubs to study great literature or art, women soon found themselves lobbying for better social, legal, and economic status for women, from working women to widows. Their ideas about education and culture counterbalanced the pressures of fast-paced economic and political development in the Northwest. Through reference to a vast number of documents, most unpublished, Haarsager pieces together the history and influence of women's organizations. Profiles of club leaders interspersed throughout the text highlight the achievements of individual women.

Record details

ISBN: 0806129743
ISBN: 9780806129747
ISBN: 0806130016
ISBN: 9780806130019
Physical Description: xiii, 427 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Norman : University Of Oklahoma Press, ©1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-416) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Women come together : the roots of the club movement, 1838-68 -- "Our little bands" : the WCTU in the Pacific Northwest, 1880-1900 -- "Organized womanhood" : the national movement comes northwest, 1885-1905 -- "Making ourselves anew" : life in the club, 1890-1910 -- Literature and libraries : culture and citizenship, 1900-1915 -- From literature to lobbying : city case studies, 1885-1915 -- Clubwomen and working women : alliances and divisions, 1900-1920 -- "The woman's century" : a host of progressive movements, 1895-1915 -- "Conscious national womanhood" : the federations, 1905-20 -- Their legacy : facing a changed future.