Feminist Frontiers

by Johnson, Yvonne

• ISBN13: 9781935503026
• ISBN10: 1935503022
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Truman State Univ Pr

Summary

Women's stories are noticeably absent from the master narrative of the Populist and Progressive movements, where their struggle for civil rights was more evident in the Midwest than any other region in the country. This collection of eleven biographical essays highlights women leaders in the Midwest who challenged gender, racial, class, and ethnic boundaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only were these midwestern women powerful orators and active leaders, they were influential in shaping the culture in their communities.

Table of Contents

Illustration	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
"Turning the World Upside Down"	p. 1
Genteel Reformer	p. 21
Pioneer for African American Child Care	p. 39
Cultural Education in North Dakota	p. 53
Personality and Politics in the South Dakota Suffrage Movement	p. 69
The Kansas Cyclone	p. 83
Indiana War Mothers: From World War I "Kitchen Soldiers" to Postwar Immigrant Reformers	p. 99
A Life Reinterpreted	p. 119
Community Builder	p. 139
A Revolutionary from Michigan	p. 155
From Midwest Politics to National Power	p. 175
Contributors	p. 195
Index	p. 199
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