http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
Organized White Women and the Challenge of Racial Integration, 1945-1965
This monograph asserts that the troubled history of segregation within American women's associations created a legacy of racial exclusivity and privilege. While acknowledging the progressive potential of women's associations and the extent to which they created a legitimate outlet for American women's public activism, it explores how and why such organizations failed to aid in issues of integration. Rather than being a historical accident, or a pragmatic response to circumstance, this monograph demonstrates that white exclusivity and privilege was crucial to the authority and influence of these associations. Organized White Women and the Challenge of Racial Integration, 1945-1965 examines the translation of what seemed on the surface to be relatively simple demands for racial integration into a far more significant and all-encompassing confrontation with the frequently hidden structures and practices of white privilege.
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Notes; Chapter 2: Women's Associations in the United States; Notes; Chapter 3: The League of Women Voters; Notes; Chapter 4: The American Association of University Women; Notes; Chapter 5: The National Women's Committee on Civil Rights; Notes; Chapter 6: Wednesdays in Mississippi; Notes; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Archives; National Archives for Black Women's History, Mary McLeod Bethune House, Washington DC; Sophia Smith Library, Smith College, Massachusetts
Robert Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta GeorgiaBirmingham Public Library, Birmingham Alabama; Georgia State Archives; Auburn Library, Auburn Alabama; John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, Boston Massachusetts; Schlesinger library, Radcliffe College, Boston, Massachusetts; National Archives, Washington DC; Library of Congress, Washington DC; University of Missouri Archives, Kansas City Missouri; Microfilm Collections; Articles; Books; Dissertations; Web Sites; Oral Histories; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index.