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Organizing Women: Women's Clubs And Education In Georgia, 1890-1920, Mary E. Mcpherson
Organizing Women: Women's Clubs And Education In Georgia, 1890-1920, Mary E. Mcpherson
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The rise of women’s volunteer organizations can be linked to the social changes that the United States was undergoing during the Progressive Era. The movement from an agrarian society to an industrial one, massive migration of Americans from rural areas to the cities, and increased immigration all contributed to social challenges in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Recently historians have begun to explore how women’s contributions helped to combat these challenges and this study shows how women’s clubs in Georgia were able to exercise their philanthropic power through their involvement in education. By 1860, the …