Organized womanhood
Subtitle: cultural politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1840-1920
By: by Sandra Haarsager.
Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 427
Subjects: Women -- Northwest, Pacific -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 19th century; Women -- Northwest, Pacific -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century; Women in politics -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century; Women in politics -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century
Description: In Organized Womanhood, Sandra Haarsager shows how women's organizations in the Pacific Northwest became a major social force, imposing education, culture, and political reform to counter others' vision of a Wild West. Meeting in clubs to study great literature or art, women soon found themselves lobbying for better social, legal, and economic status for women, from working women to widows.

Their ideas about education and culture counterbalanced the pressures of fast-paced economic and political development in the Northwest. Through reference to a vast number of documents, most unpublished, Haarsager pieces together the history and influence of women's organizations. Profiles of club leaders interspersed throughout the text highlight the achievements of individual women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-416) and index.