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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
ISBN-10
0814338151
ISBN-13
9780814338155
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143551681
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Publication Name
Political Activities of Detroit Clubwomen in the 1920s : a Challenge and a Promise
Language
English
Subject
American Government / Local, Women in Politics, History & Theory, Women's Studies, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-035951
TitleLeading
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In her book, Jayne Morris-Crowther explores the politics of Detroit clubwomen, analyzing their class and racial biases while uncovering the significant civic action they deployed., Morris-Crowther's meticulous work describes clubwomen activities that occurred in a dynamic city, during a time when the cult of domesticity infiltrated politics. Her extensive collection of primary sources and her thorough documentation will be invaluable to future researchers. In short, [this book] is a useful resource for those interested in the history of Detroit, of industrialization and urbanization, of grassroots activism, and of the intersections of gender, race, and class in women's political activity., Detroit clubwomen's successes and failures in municipal politics are the focus of Jayne Morris-Crowther's The Political Activities of Detroit's Clubwomen in the 1920s: A Challenge and a Promise . Morris-Crowther's narrative explores the pivotal decade of the 1920s in Detroit and the impact of the woman suffrage amendment on key political issues: school reform, community gardens and playgrounds, women as political officeholders, penal reform, crime and public vice, and segregation in public accommodations. This is an important book that helps to place these issues into the story of Detroit's tremendous rise as an industrial metropolis in the 1920s., Morris-Crowther expertly analyzes the class and racial biases of clubwomen, while uncovering the significant civic action they deployed. The result enhances our understanding of the public and private worlds of 1920s Detroit., The strength of a case study like this is the sheer depth of information Morris-Crowther was able to unearth on these previously invisible women, both African American and white. She reveals a rich web of women's activism in 1920s Detroit and some very real political successes., Morris-Crowther ably demonstrates how Detroit clubwomen were part of this transformation that brought politics into the domestic environment and women activists into the public arena.
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Synopsis
In the early 1900s, Detroit's clubwomen successfully lobbied for issues like creating playgrounds for children, building public baths, raising the age for child workers, and reforming the school board and city charter. When they won the vote in 1918, Detroit's clubwomen, both black and white, were eager to incite even greater change. This fascinating volume examines the civic engagement of these women, who considered their commitment to the city of Detroit both a challenge and a promise., Follows the work of Detroit women's organizations as they dealt with issues related to voting, industrialization, and immigration. In the early 1900s, Detroit's clubwomen successfully lobbied for issues like creating playgrounds for children, building public baths, raising the age for child workers, and reforming the school board and city charter. But when they won the vote in 1918, Detroit's clubwomen, both black and white, were eager to incite even greater change. In the 1920s, they fought to influence public policy at the municipal and state level, while contending with partisan politics, city politics, and the media, which often portrayed them as silly and incompetent. In this fascinating volume, author Jayne Morris-Crowther examines the unique civic engagement of these women who considered their commitment to the city of Detroit both a challenge and a promise. By the 1920s, there were eight African American clubs in the city (Willing Workers, Detroit Study Club, Lydian Association, In As Much Circle of Kings Daughters, Labor of Love Circle of Kings Daughters, West Side Art and Literary Club, Altar Society of the Second Baptist Church, and the Earnest Workers of the Second Baptist Church); in 1921, they joined together under the Detroit Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Nearly 15,000 mostly white clubwomen were represented by the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs, which was formed in 1895 by the unification of the Detroit Review Club, Twentieth Century Club, Detroit Woman's Club, Woman's Historical Club, Clio Club, Wednesday History Club, Hypathia, and Zatema Club. Morris-Crowther begins by investigating the roots of the clubs in pre-suffrage Detroit and charts their growing power. She goes on to consider the women's work in three areas-Policies That Affect Women and Children, Protecting the Home against Enemies, and Home as Part of the Urban Environment-and considers the numerous challenges they faced in The Limits of Enfranchised Citizens. An appendix contains the 1926 Directory of the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs . In the end, Morris-Crowther shows that Detroit's clubwomen pioneered new lobbying techniques like personal interviews, and used political education in savvy ways to bring politics to the community level. This volume will be interesting reading for enthusiasts of Detroit history and readers wanting to learn more about women and politics of the 1920s., In the early 1900s, Detroit's clubwomen successfully lobbied for issues like creating playgrounds for children, building public baths, raising the age for child workers, and reforming the school board and city charter. But when they won the vote in 1918, Detroit's clubwomen, both black and white, were eager to incite even greater change. In the 1920s, they fought to influence public policy at the municipal and state level, while contending with partisan politics, city politics, and the media, which often portrayed them as silly and incompetent. In this fascinating volume, author Jayne Morris-Crowther examines the unique civic engagement of these women who considered their commitment to the city of Detroit both a challenge and a promise. By the 1920s, there were eight African American clubs in the city (Willing Workers, Detroit Study Club, Lydian Association, In As Much Circle of Kings Daughters, Labor of Love Circle of Kings Daughters, West Side Art and Literary Club, Altar Society of the Second Baptist Church, and the Earnest Workers of the Second Baptist Church); in 1921, they joined together under the Detroit Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Nearly 15,000 mostly white clubwomen were represented by the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs, which was formed in 1895 by the unification of the Detroit Review Club, Twentieth Century Club, Detroit Woman's Club, Woman's Historical Club, Clio Club, Wednesday History Club, Hypathia, and Zatema Club. Morris-Crowther begins by investigating the roots of the clubs in pre-suffrage Detroit and charts their growing power. She goes on to consider the women's work in three areas-Policies That Affect Women and Children, Protecting the Home against Enemies, and Home as Part of the Urban Environment-and considers the numerous challenges they faced in The Limits of Enfranchised Citizens. An appendix contains the 1926 Directory of the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs . In the end, Morris-Crowther shows that Detroit's clubwomen pioneered new lobbying techniques like personal interviews, and used political education in savvy ways to bring politics to the community level. This volume will be interesting reading for enthusiasts of Detroit history and readers wanting to learn more about women and politics of the 1920s.
LC Classification Number
HQ1391.U5M67 2013
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