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ACCESSION: 35865446
   AUTHOR: Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-
    TITLE: Purifying America :
           women, cultural reform, and pro-censorship activism, 1873-1933 /
    PLACE: Urbana :
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press,
     YEAR: 1997
 PUB TYPE: Book
   FORMAT: p. cm.
   SERIES: Women in American history
    NOTES: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
           Women's activism and alliances: WCTU crusades and the quest for
           political power -- The suppression of impure literature:
           impressionable children, protective mothers -- "Guardians of
           public morals": professional identity and the American Library
           Association -- Amateur censors and critics: creating an
           alternative cultural hierarchy -- Mothering the movies: women
           reformers and popular culture -- The production of "pure"
           children's literature: the WCTU's young crusader -- "Hearts
           uplifted and minds refreshed": promoting and producing pure
           culture.
     ISBN: 0252023293 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0252066251 (pbk. : acid-free
           paper)
  SUBJECT: Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- History.
           Women social reformers -- United States -- History.
           Censorship -- United States -- History.
           Popular culture -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States --
           History.
           United States -- Moral conditions -- History.
 
 
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