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Organized White Women and the Challenge of Racial Integration, 1945-1965

Helen Laville (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 254 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-49693-1 (ISBN)

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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 Race Relations 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.

Helen Laville is a Reader in American History at the University of Birmingham, UK.

1. Introduction.- 2. Women's Associations in the United States.- 3. The League of Women Voters.- 4. The American Association of University Women.- 5. The Young Women's Christian Association.- 6. The National Women's Committee on Civil Rights.- 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.03.2017
Zusatzinfo	XI, 254 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	gender and race in America • Gender Studies • Gender Studies, Gender Groups • Historiography • History • History of the Americas • John F. Kennedy's civil rights program • John F. Kennedy’s civil rights program • race relations in America • racial justice and women's rights • Social and Cultural History • Social History • us history • women's movements in the 1960s
ISBN-10	3-319-49693-X / 331949693X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-49693-1 / 9783319496931
Zustand	Neuware