How women saved the city

Main Author: Spain, Daphne.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10194401
Table of Contents:
  • 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.