Divinely Guided: The California Work of the Women's National Indian Association
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Founded in Philadelphia in 1879, the Women's National Indian Association devoted seventy years to working among Native women. Bucking society's narrow sense of women's appropriate sphere, WNIA members across the U.S. built Indian homes, missionary cottages, schools, and chapels; supported government teachers and field matrons; and funded physicians--all with a strong dose of Christianity. Though goals of forced assimilation were as unrealistic as...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0896727459
ISBN13:9780896727458
Release Date:April 2012
Publisher:Texas Tech University Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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