Southern Ladies, New Women: Race, Region, and Clubwomen in South Carolina, 1890-1930

By Joan Marie Johnson

Book Overview

Joan Marie Johnson investigates how the desire to create a distinctive southern identity influenced black and white clubwomen at the turn of the 20th century and motivated their participation in efforts at social reform. Often doing similar work for different reasons, both groups emphasized history, memory, and education. Focusing particularly on South Carolina clubs, Southern Ladies, New Women shows that white women promoted a culture of segregation in which southern equaled white and black equaled inferior.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813029554
• ISBN13: 9780813029559
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"