Current Search: Bennett, Evan (x)
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MRS. FORMAN SHOT THE ALLIGATOR: WOMEN AND THE MAKING OF SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA, 1890-1939.
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Creator
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Hidalgo, Isabel, Bennett, Evan, Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Abstract/Description
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This study argues that settler women-in the all-inclusive sense of the word rather than just white, middle-and-upper class women-were crucial in founding and stabilizing Southeastern Florida communities. Historians have focused almost exclusively on men in studying this area's development and settlement. Henry Flagler, the railroad and hotel tycoon, for example, is given much credit for his role in bringing settlers to Palm Beach and building a home there for himself. Small towns use similar...
Show moreThis study argues that settler women-in the all-inclusive sense of the word rather than just white, middle-and-upper class women-were crucial in founding and stabilizing Southeastern Florida communities. Historians have focused almost exclusively on men in studying this area's development and settlement. Henry Flagler, the railroad and hotel tycoon, for example, is given much credit for his role in bringing settlers to Palm Beach and building a home there for himself. Small towns use similar narratives. The reality was that diverse populations of women were critical for Southeastern Florida's growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This study thus seeks to recover the diverse actions, narratives, organizations, and systems of early Southeastern Florida and the roles women played to create, stabilize, and later maintain these aspects. This study will also discuss how these women subverted-whether subtly or overtly-factors of gender, race, and class to build unique and diverse communities in Southeastern Florida.
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Date Issued
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2022
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013975
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Subject Headings
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Women colonists, Southeastern Florida, Florida--History, Women's studies
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Document (PDF)
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DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN: RACE AND URBANIZATION IN THREE NEW JERSEY CITIES.
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Creator
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Cox, Reilly D., Bennett, Evan P., Florida Atlantic University, Department of History, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Abstract/Description
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Newark, Asbury Park, and Paterson all suffered in the second half of the 20th century due to the failure of city governments to begin to remedy decades of racism and discrimination and respond to the causes of the 1960s riots. The history of racism and discrimination in New Jersey informed the riots that occurred across the state in the 1960s and 1970s. After the riots, local governments misunderstood or ignored the driving causes and attempted urban renewal projects that either did not work...
Show moreNewark, Asbury Park, and Paterson all suffered in the second half of the 20th century due to the failure of city governments to begin to remedy decades of racism and discrimination and respond to the causes of the 1960s riots. The history of racism and discrimination in New Jersey informed the riots that occurred across the state in the 1960s and 1970s. After the riots, local governments misunderstood or ignored the driving causes and attempted urban renewal projects that either did not work or were never built. While the 21st century has seen these three cities bring in new investment and attractions, those developments may hurt lower-income and minority residents as rents rise.
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Date Issued
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2022
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013876
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Subject Headings
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Racism, Urbanization--New Jersey, Riots
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Document (PDF)
