A Band of Noble Women: Racial Politics in the Women's Peace Movement Contributor(s): Plastas, Melinda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815632576 ISBN-13: 9780815632573 Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: July 2011 Click for more in this series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution (Hardcover) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Peace - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 303.660 |
LCCN: 2011020053 |
Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.38" W x 9.29" L (1.39 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Chronicle of Higher Education 09/09/2011 pg. 16 Choice 02/01/2012 Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 125 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 tactics, and contemporary debates on race in their efforts to expand women's influence on the politics of war and peace. Plastas shows how WILPF espoused middle-class values and employed gendered forms of organization building, educating thousands of people on issues ranging from U.S. policies in Haiti and Liberia to the need for global disarmament. Highlighting WILPF chapters in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Baltimore, the author examines the successes of this interracial movement as well as its failures. A Band of Noble Women enables us to examine more fully the history of race in U.S. women's movements and illuminates the role of the women's peace movement in setting the foundation for the civil rights movement. |
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