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Main Author: Larson, Kate Clifford
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2001
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ626776
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  • The Saturday Evening Girls: A Progressive Era Library Club and the Intellectual Life of Working Class and Immigrant Girls in Turn-of-the-Century Boston. Larson, Kate Clifford Clubs Economic Factors Educational Opportunities Females Immigrants Intellectual Development Libraries Primary Sources Social Action Working Class Presents a history of the Saturday Evening Girls' Club and other associated library clubs that were developed for immigrant and working-class women and girls in Boston around 1900. Examines the role clubs and social reform organizations played in advancing intellectual, educational, and economic agendas using primary documents. (Contains 111 references.) (LRW)