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Natural Allies: Women’s Associations in American History

Natural Allies: Women’s Associations in American History Book Reviews 217 By Anne Firor Scott (Urbana and Chicago: University of illinois Press, 1991) It was historian Mary Ritter Beard who first attempted to document the essential role American women have played in the building and mainte­ nance of communities. Her 1915 survey, Women.>s Work in Municipalities> corrunissioned by the National Municipal League, described thousands of municipal reforms and community improvements carried out by various organizations of women. Though criticized by later historians for being light on scholarly documentation and perhaps misleadingly positive in its emphasis on successes, the book at least did call attention to a neglected part of women's history. In spite of this and other historical efforts by Beard, however, women's contributions were again relegated to a scholarly limbo. It wasn't until the 1970s that release came at the hands of feminism's "second wave" historians. Anne Firor Scott was one of the first of this group to seriously examine the achievements of "women's clubs." It was in researching what has become a classic, The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics> 1830- 1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970 ), that Scott discovered women "in their missionary societies, temperance organizations, and literary so­ cieties remaking the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing History Review Springer Publishing

Natural Allies: Women’s Associations in American History

Nursing History Review , Volume 2 (1): 4 – Jan 1, 1994

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1062-8061
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1938-1913
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10.1891/1062-8061.2.1.217
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Book Reviews 217 By Anne Firor Scott (Urbana and Chicago: University of illinois Press, 1991) It was historian Mary Ritter Beard who first attempted to document the essential role American women have played in the building and mainte­ nance of communities. Her 1915 survey, Women.>s Work in Municipalities> corrunissioned by the National Municipal League, described thousands of municipal reforms and community improvements carried out by various organizations of women. Though criticized by later historians for being light on scholarly documentation and perhaps misleadingly positive in its emphasis on successes, the book at least did call attention to a neglected part of women's history. In spite of this and other historical efforts by Beard, however, women's contributions were again relegated to a scholarly limbo. It wasn't until the 1970s that release came at the hands of feminism's "second wave" historians. Anne Firor Scott was one of the first of this group to seriously examine the achievements of "women's clubs." It was in researching what has become a classic, The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics> 1830- 1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970 ), that Scott discovered women "in their missionary societies, temperance organizations, and literary so­ cieties remaking the

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