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A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women's Peace Movement (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Melinda Plastas
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Hardcover. The history of the women's national peace movement 1915-1940 Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
A Band of Noble Women brings together the histories of the women’s peace movement and the black women’s club and social reform movement in a story of community and consciousness building between the world wars. Believing that achievement of improved race relations was a central step in establishing world peace, African American and white women initiated new political alliances that challenged the practices of Jim Crow segregation and promoted the leadership of women in transnational politics. Under the auspices of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), they united the artistic agenda of the Harlem Renaissance, suffrage-era organizing ... Read more
A Band of Noble Women brings together the histories of the women’s peace movement and the black women’s club and social reform movement in a story of community and consciousness building between the world wars. Believing that achievement of improved race relations was a central step in establishing world peace, African American and white women initiated new political alliances that challenged the practices of Jim Crow segregation and promoted the leadership of women in transnational politics. Under the auspices of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), they united the artistic agenda of the Harlem Renaissance, suffrage-era organizing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632573
SKU
V9780815632573
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About Melinda Plastas
Melinda Plastas is visiting assistant professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program and the Department of Politics at Bates College in Maine. Her research interests include the politics of race and gender in U.S. women's social movements.
Reviews for A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women's Peace Movement (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
This book is a serious scholarly contribution to the field of peace and women’s history, and the author is to be commended for her efforts.