Index
| Abbot, James Monroe, 67, 78 | |
| African Americans, 12, 91; in beauty in- dustry, 11, 169—70, 173, 175; as busi- nesswomen, 10—11, 39, 169; community of, 173—74, 176; Poro College's opportunities for, 175—79; property ownership by women, 29, 32—34, 38, 42—44; relations with Jews, 248—49; and standards of beauty, 168—72, 179; stereotypes of, 146, 148, 150; unemployment of, 237—38; white fears of assertiveness of, 146—47. See also Racism; Slaves | |
| Agriculture: brains, not brawn, trend in, 193, 197; education in, 182, 191—93, 195—96, 197; expansion of, 181—82; as male field, 182—83, 196; market- oriented vs. subsistence, 190; New Deal programs in, 238. See also Farmers; Farms; Sharecroppers | |
| Andersen, Kristi, 227 | |
| Anthony, Susan B.: and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 103—4; and Virginia Minor, 101, 103, 117 | |
| Anti-Semitism, 12, 248—49 | |
| Atlas Portland Cement Company: acquir- ing Ilasco land, 200—201, 208, 210, 215; Koller's suits against, 209—10, 212; paternalism of, 215, 218; role in Koller's commitment, 211, 217—18 | |
| Aubuchon, Antoine, 29, 42—44 | |
| Authors: Emily Newell Blair as, 220—21; Fannie Cook as, 12, 239—43, 245—51 |
| Banister, Marion, 227, 231 | |
| Beauty: African Americans and standards of, 168—72, 179; African Americans in industry of, 10—11, 169—70, 173—75, 178; consumer industries in, 170—73 | |
| Beecher, Lyman, 84—85 | |
| Bell, David and Partilla, 128—30, 133 | |
| Bell, Quentin, 163 | |
| Bell, Shannon, 156 | |
| Bethel community, 48 | |
| Blair, Emily Newell, 12; as Democratic National Committeewoman, 225—27; at Democratic national headquarters, 227—28; drawing women into politics, 219, 226—28; on feminist solidarity, 234—35; goals in Democratic Party, 229—30, 233; and Missouri Democrats, 223—25; in suffrage move- ment, 221—22; vs. Reed, 222—25; writ- ing by, 220—21 | |
| Boot-heel Doctor (Cook), 242—43, 245—47 | |
| Bossism, 223, 225 | |
| Brackenridge, Henry Marie, 16 | |
| Brouillet, Eliza McKenney, 90—91 | |
| Brown, Laura, 224, 231 | |
| Brown, William Wells, 77, 79—80 | |
| Bruns, Henrietta (Jette) Geisberg, 48—51, 57—59, 61—62 | |
| Bundles, A'Lelia, 171 | |
| Business: African Americans in, 10—11, 39, 169; entrepreneurs in beauty in- dustry, 11, 169—70, 173, 175; and |
