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“MIDDLE‐OF‐THE‐ROAD” ACTIVISTS Carrie Chapman Catt and the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War
Author(s) -
Schott Linda
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0130.1996.tb00252.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , political action , politics , middle class , political science , gender studies , educational organization , sociology , public relations , law , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics
The National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War was largely an educational organization, although occasionally it galvanized its members to action in support of policies that had been developed by other groups and activists. Due to its role as an educational organization, the NCCCW increased its participants' knowledge but did not serve significantly to advance their skills. The structure of NCCCW conferences promoted the passive acquisition of knowledge, to which most women would not otherwise have had access, instead of political action and leadership. The NCCCW also made no attempt to include working‐class women or women of color and drew its membership almost entirely from middle‐class European American women. Moderate in its policies and limited in its membership, defining itself as “middle‐of‐the‐road”, the NCCCW implicitly marginalized other women and other political positions