TY  - BOOK
AU  - Spain,Daphne
TI  - How women saved the city
SN  - 0816635315 (HC/J : alk. paper)
AV  - HQ1420 .S64 2001
U1  - 305.42/0973 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A
KW  - History
KW  - National Association of Colored Women (U.S.)
KW  - Salvation Army of America
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - United States
KW  - Women in public life
KW  - Women
KW  - Societies, etc
KW  - Social settlements
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index; Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City
ER  -