Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fraternal organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Mooseheart Magazine
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fraternal organizations
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Mooseheart Year Book
Author: Mooseheart (School). GovernorsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
Book Description
From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State
Author: David T. BeitoPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860557
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, more Americans belonged to fraternal societies than to any other kind of voluntary association, with the possible exception of churches. Despite the stereotypical image of the lodge as the exclusive domain of white men, fraternalism cut across race, class, and gender lines to include women, African Americans, and immigrants. Exploring the history and impact of fraternal societies in the United States, David Beito uncovers the vital importance they had in the social and fiscal lives of millions of American families. Much more than a means of addressing deep-seated cultural, psychological, and gender needs, fraternal societies gave Americans a way to provide themselves with social-welfare services that would otherwise have been inaccessible, Beito argues. In addition to creating vast social and mutual aid networks among the poor and in the working class, they made affordable life and health insurance available to their members and established hospitals, orphanages, and homes for the elderly. Fraternal societies continued their commitment to mutual aid even into the early years of the Great Depression, Beito says, but changing cultural attitudes and the expanding welfare state eventually propelled their decline.
The Fraternal Monitor
Author: The Editor
Author: Moose Magazine
Author: Writer's Monthly
Author: The Fraternal Monitor
Author: Directory of Illinois Manufacturers
Author: Prudence M. WalkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manufactures
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description