Women, Culture, and Community: Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920

by Elizabeth Hayes Turner (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  1997

  $76.11

  Turner explores why middle-class women expanded their activities from the private to the public sphere and began, just before World War I, an unprecedented period of women's activism. Using Galveston as a case study, the author examines how the ubiquitous community organizations provided a nurturing environment for budding reformers.