How women saved the city

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spain, Daphne
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.
Subjects:	Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A. > History. National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) > History. Salvation Army of America > History. Women social reformers > United States > History. Women in public life > United States > History. Women > United States > Societies, etc. Social settlements > United States > History. Electronic books.
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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.