Freedwomen and the Freedmen's Bureau [Recurso electrónico] : Race, Gender, and Public Policy in the Age of Emancipation / Mary Farmer-Kaiser.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

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