African American women and Christian activism
Subtitle: New York's Black YWCA, 1905-1945
By: Judith Weisenfeld.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: YWCA of the City of New York -- History -- 20th century; Church work with African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York; Young women -- Religious life -- New York (State) -- New York
Description: Between the Civil War and World War II, Catholic charities evolved from volunteer and local origins into a centralized and professionally trained workforce that played a prominent role in the development of American welfare.

Dorothy Brown and Elizabeth McKeown document the extraordinary efforts of Catholic volunteers to care for Catholic families and resist Protestant and state intrusions at the local level, and they show how these initiatives provided the foundation for the development of the largest private system of social provision in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-226) and index.