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Author, MonographicOrtlepp, Anke
Title, MonographicGerman-American Women's Clubs: Constructing Women's Roles and Ethnic Identity
Date of Publication2007
Extent of Work14
AbstractThis paper will explore the connections between gender and ethnicity. It will look at the ways in which women, as members of their own clubs and organizations, actively shaped the production of a collective identity for their ethnic group. And, by analyzing what women actually did and why they did it, it will examine the notions of femininity that were at the heart of Milwaukee German-American's understanding of their ethnicity. Discusses four examples of women's organizational activism in Milwaukee: Ladies auxiliaries of Turner societies, Freethinkers, and political and labor organizations.
NotesPaper presented as a lecture in Madison, Wisconsin on Oct. 27, 2007.
Call NumberMKI P2008-5
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Wisconsin/ Women/ Societies, etc./ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ Ethnic identity