Title: In Detroit courage was the fashion
Description: In 1951 the City of Detroit celebrated its 250th year. Business and professional women of Detroit set up a committee to gather material on the contribution of women to Detroit life, and they asked Professor Alice Crathern to produce this history. She organized it into the following chapters, showing how women, individually and through their organizations, contributed to the welfare of Detroit’s population, and to civic life.

-Homemakers
-For the Children
-Educators
-For the Sick
-Philanthropists
-Club Women
-Artists
-Crusaders
-Women in Business, the Professions, and Industry
-Women in Public Affairs
Subjects: History, Women
Places: Detroit, Detroit (Mich.), Michigan