TY - BOOK AU - Spain,Daphne ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - How women saved the city AV - HQ1420 .S64 2001eb U1 - 305.42/0973 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A KW - History KW - National Association of Colored Women (U.S.) KW - Salvation Army of America KW - Women social reformers KW - United States KW - Women in public life KW - Women KW - Societies, etc KW - Social settlements KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index; Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10194401 ER -