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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State - Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 (Paperback, New edition)
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State - Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 (Paperback, New edition)
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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. |David
Beito's book establishes the enormous impact of fraternal societies
on the social lives and fiscal circumstances of millions of
Americans between 1890 and 1967. In addition to creating vast
social and mutual aid networks for the poor and the working class,
fraternal organizations offered insurance policies to members and
established hospitals, orphanages, and homes for the elderly.
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