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Author Morton, Marian J., 1937- author.

Title Women in Cleveland : an illustrated history / Marian J. Morton.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series The Encyclopedia of Cleveland history
Encyclopedia of Cleveland history.
Note "An encyclopedia of Cleveland history project."
Includes index.
Contents 1. Pioneering Women: Wives and Mothers, 1796-1830 -- 2. Defining Woman's Sphere: Women's Work, Religion, and Reform, 1830-1865 -- 3. Saving the City: Hospitals, Homes, and Settlement Houses, 1860-1930 -- 4. Going to Work: Operatives, Clerks, and Servants, 1870-1930 -- 5. Entering the Professions: Old and New, 1870-1930. Growing Up. Sports and Recreation. Marriage and Family. Work. Fashion. Clubs and Associations. Growing Old -- 6. Cultivating the Arts: Practitioners and Patrons, 1880-1930 -- 7. Winning the Ballot: Reformers and Suffragists, 1890-1930 -- 8. Meeting the Challenges: The Depression and World War II, 1930-1950 -- 9. Opening Doors: Professions, Politics, and Protest, 1950-1980 -- Epilogue: Toward the Third Century, 1980-1996.
Note Print version record.
Summary It has been one hundred years since a formal work was published on the role of women in the history of the city of Cleveland. This book adds to the early pioneering work, Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve. In addition, over 200 fascinating historical photographs have been reproduced, some to illustrate the text, and the rest in a series of photographic essays covering the following topics: Growing Up, Sports and Recreation, Marriage and the Family, Work, Fashion, Clubs and Associations, and Growing Old.
Subject Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History.
Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
Femmes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
Social conditions
Women
Ohio -- Cleveland
Frau
Cleveland, Ohio
Gender identity.
Chronological Term Sozialgeschichte 1796-1996.
Genre/Form History
Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Other Form: Print version: Morton, Marian J., 1937- Women in Cleveland. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1995] 0253328969 (DLC) 94048852 (OCoLC)31867223
ISBN 9780253069078 (electronic bk.)
0253069076 (electronic bk.)
0253328969
9780253328960
0253209722
9780253209726
Standard No. AU@ 000074952232

 
    
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