Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Farmer-Kaiser, Mary
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Reconstructing America (Series)
Subjects:	United States. > Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. African American women > Southern States > History > 19th century. African American women > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Social aspects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: "a long time in want of a bureau"
That the freed-women ... may rise to the dignity and glory of true womanhood : the men, purpose, and gendered freedom of the Freedmen's Bureau
A weight of circumstances like millstones about their necks to drag and keep them down : freedwomen, federal relief, and the Freedmen's Bureau
The women are the controlling spirits : freedwomen, free labor, and the Freedmen's Bureau
To put forth almost superhuman efforts to regain their children : freedwomen, parental rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau
Strict justice for every man, woman, and child : gender, justice, and the Freedman's Bureau.