Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation
Title:
Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau : race, gender, and public policy in the age of emancipation
Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
xiv, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Reconstructing America
Reconstructing America (Series)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: "a long time in want of a bureau" -- That the freed-women ... may rise to the dignity and glory of true womanhood : the men, purpose, and gendered freedom of the Freedmen's Bureau -- A weight of circumstances like millstones about their necks to drag and keep them down : freedwomen, federal relief, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- The women are the controlling spirits : freedwomen, free labor, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- To put forth almost superhuman efforts to regain their children : freedwomen, parental rights, and the Freedmen's Bureau -- Strict justice for every man, woman, and child : gender, justice, and the Freedman's Bureau.
