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The New Woman in Alabama: Social Reforms and Suffrage, 1890-1920

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The New Woman in Alabama: Social Reforms and Suffrage, 1890-1920 - Thomas, Mary Martha, Ms.
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Between 1890 and 1920, middle-class white and black Alabama women created many clubs and organizations that took them out of the home and provided them with roles in the public sphere and spearheaded the drive to eliminate child labor, worked to improve the educational system, upgraded the jails and prisons, and created reform schools for both boys and girls. Thomas's book is the first of its kind to focus on the reform activities of women during the Progressive Era, and the first to consider the southern woman and all the ...

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The New Woman in Alabama: Social Reforms and Suffrage, 1890-1920 2020, University Alabama Press

ISBN-13: 9780817360108

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The New Woman in Alabama: Social Reforms and Suffrage, 1890-1920 1992, University Alabama Press

ISBN-13: 9780817305642

Hardcover