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082 0 4 _a267/.597471/0996073
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aWeisenfeld, Judith
_eautore
245 1 0 _aAfrican American Women and Christian Activism :
_bNew York’s Black YWCA, 1905-1945 /
_cJudith Weisenfeld.
250 _aReprint 2014
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©1997
300 _a1 online resource (231 p.)
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. “Bend the Tree While It Is Young”: Institutional Alliances/ Institutional Appropriations --
_t2. “If One Life Shines”: African American Women in Networks --
_t3. “The Home-Made Girl”: Constructing a Mobile Private Space --
_t4. “We Are It”: Building on the Urban Frontier --
_t5. “Interwoven Destinies”: Wars at Home and Abroad --
_t6. “A Grand Place”: Black America’s Community Center --
_t7. “Against the Tide”: Interracial Work and Racial Conflict --
_tNotes --
_tIndex --
_tIntroduction
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThe middle class black women who people Judith Weisenfeld's history were committed both to social action and to institutional expression of their religious convictions. Their story provides an illuminating perspective on the varied forces working to improve quality of life for African Americans in crucial times. When undertaking to help young women migrating to and living alone in New York, Weisenfeld's protagonists chose to work within a national evangelical institution. Their organization of a black chapter of the Young Women's Christian Association in 1905 was a clear step toward establishing a suitable environment for young working women; it was also an expression of their philosophy of social uplift. And predictably it was the beginning of an equal rights struggle--to work as equals with white women activists. Growing and adapting as New York's black community evolved over the decades, the black YWCA assumed a central role both in the community's religious life and as a training ground for social action. Weisenfeld's analysis of the setbacks and successes closes with the National YWCA's vote in 1946 to adopt an interracial charter and move toward integration of local chapters, thus opening the door to a different set of challenges for a new generation of black activists. Weisenfeld's account gives a vibrant picture of African American women as significant actors in the life of the city. And it bears telling witness to the religious, class, gender, and racial negotiations so often involved in American social reform movements.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Nov 2021)
650 0 _aTheologie, Christentum.
650 4 _aChurch work with African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York.
650 4 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
650 4 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
650 4 _aYWCA of the City of New York -- History -- 20th century.
650 4 _aYoung women -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674862661
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674862661
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