Relations of rescue : the search for female moral authority in the American west, 1874-1939 / Peggy Pascoe
1990, 1st edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388998
ISBN: 0195060083
Physical description; 301 pp.: illustrations. Contents; The Search for Female Moral Authority -- ORIGINS AND IDEAS -- 146; Institutional Origins -- 246; The Ideology of Female Moral Authority44; 18748211;1900 -- SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AND RELATIONS AMONG WOMEN -- 346; Some Women39;s Culture and Other Women39;s Needs58; Motivations44; Maternalism44; and the Language of Gratitude -- 446; Home Mission Women44; Race44; and Culture58; The Case of 34;Native Helpers34; -- 546; Homes Outside the Rescue Homes -- ANTICLIMAX -- 646; The Crisis of Victorian Female Moral Authority44; 18908211;1939 -- Epilogue58; A Legacy to Ponder8212;Female Moral Authority and Contemporary Women39;s Culture -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index . Subjects; Abused women West (U.S.) History 19th century. Women volunteers in social service. Church work with abused women West (U.S.) History 19th century. Christian ethics. Moral conditions.
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