Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
race,gender, and public policyin the age of emancipation |
Author: |
Farmer-KaiserMary, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
New York |
Published: |
Fordham University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
2010 |
Edition: |
1st ed. |
Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 275 p.)ill. : |
Series: |
Reconstructing America |
Subject: |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Social aspects - |
Subject: |
African American women - Social conditions - Southern States - 19th century - |
Subject: |
African American women - History - Southern States - 19th century - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780823249015/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index |
ISBN: |
9780823249015electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780823232116hbk. |
ISBN: |
0823232115hbk. |
ISBN: |
9780823232123pbk. |
ISBN: |
0823232123pbk. |
ISBN: |
9780823232130ebook |
ISBN: |
0823232131ebook |
Content Note: |
Introduction: "a long time in want of a bureau" -- That the freed-women ... may rise to the dignity and glory of true womanhood : the men, purpose, and gendered freedom of the Freedmen's Bureau-- A weight of circumstances like millstones about their necks to drag and keep them down : freedwomen, federal relief, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- The womenare the controlling spirits : freedwomen,free labor, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- To put forth almost superhuman efforts to regain their children : freedwomen, parental rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- Strict justice for every man, woman, and child : gender, justice, and the Freedman's Bureau |