A band of noble women : racial politics in the women's peace movement /
Plastas, Melinda,
A band of noble women : racial politics in the women's peace movement / Melinda Plastas. - First edition. - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2011. - xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution . - Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-298) and index.
Introduction : Race and the politics of peace and freedom -- African American women and the search for peace and freedom -- Race and the social thought of white women in the WILPF -- Philadelphia : forging a national model of interracial peace work -- Cleveland, Washington, DC, and Baltimore : extending the network of interracial peace work -- Conclusion.
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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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom--History.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit
1900-1999
--History--United States--20th century.--History--United States--20th century.--History--20th century.--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
États-Unis--Relations raciales--Histoire--20e siècle.
United States.
USA
USA.
Women and peace Peace movements African American women pacifists Femmes et paix Mouvements pacifistes African American pacifists. Peace movements. Race relations. Women and peace. Frauenbewegung Friedensbewegung Antirassismus Frau Schwarze Sozialreform Ethnische Beziehungen Kvinnor och fred Fredsrörelser Rasrelationer
A band of noble women : racial politics in the women's peace movement / Melinda Plastas. - First edition. - Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2011. - xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution . - Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-298) and index.
Introduction : Race and the politics of peace and freedom -- African American women and the search for peace and freedom -- Race and the social thought of white women in the WILPF -- Philadelphia : forging a national model of interracial peace work -- Cleveland, Washington, DC, and Baltimore : extending the network of interracial peace work -- Conclusion.
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.
9780815651444
40019859019 40019844993 2027/heb34600 hdl
2011020053
GBB169385 bnb
015821843 Uk
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom--History.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit
1900-1999
--History--United States--20th century.--History--United States--20th century.--History--20th century.--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.--Förenta staterna--1900-talet.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
États-Unis--Relations raciales--Histoire--20e siècle.
United States.
USA
USA.
Women and peace Peace movements African American women pacifists Femmes et paix Mouvements pacifistes African American pacifists. Peace movements. Race relations. Women and peace. Frauenbewegung Friedensbewegung Antirassismus Frau Schwarze Sozialreform Ethnische Beziehungen Kvinnor och fred Fredsrörelser Rasrelationer