Entrée principale:

Spain, Daphne.

Titre et auteur:

How women saved the city / Daphne Spain.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2000.

Description:

xvii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City.

ISBN:

0816635315 (HC/J ; alk. paper)
9780816635313
0816635323 (PB ; alk. paper)
9780816635320

Sujet:

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. History.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) History.
Salvation Army of America History.
National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)
Salvation Army of America
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Women social reformers United States History.
Women in public life United States History.
Women United States Societies, etc.
Social settlements United States History.
Réformatrices sociales États-Unis Histoire.
Femmes dans la vie publique États-Unis Histoire.
Femmes États-Unis Associations.
Centres sociaux États-Unis Histoire.
Social settlements
Women in public life
Women social reformers
Women Societies, etc.
United States

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 214267
Cote: HQ1420 .S6 2000
Statut: Disponible