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Bread riots , usually made up of the half - starved , ragged moth- ers and wives of volunteers , swept the cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New Orleans and Atlanta .
Bread riots , usually made up of the half - starved , ragged moth- ers and wives of volunteers , swept the cities as the war deep- ened . The most spectacular and violent of these took place in New York City , New Orleans and Atlanta .
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She also helped to organize black women's clubs in various cities and anti - lynching societies in England . The organization of clubs , which for white women was a matter of choice and , at times , diversion , was a matter of neces- ...
She also helped to organize black women's clubs in various cities and anti - lynching societies in England . The organization of clubs , which for white women was a matter of choice and , at times , diversion , was a matter of neces- ...
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The Settlement Houses By 1900 there were six cities of more than a half million popula- tion in the United States ... decades of the nineteenth century saw more and more people moving to the city and engaging in industrial pursuits .
The Settlement Houses By 1900 there were six cities of more than a half million popula- tion in the United States ... decades of the nineteenth century saw more and more people moving to the city and engaging in industrial pursuits .
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |
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| Title | The Woman in American History Specialized studies in American history series |
| Author | Gerda Lerner |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0201042274, 9780201042276 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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