Democratizing the Air
The Salt Lake Women's Chamber of Commerce and Air Pollution, 1936–1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12452329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted Moore (Brigham Young University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-106 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-5453 • E-ISSN: 1930-8892 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/envhis/12.1.80 |
| OpenAlex | W1993115374 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay examines challenges by the Salt Lake Women's Chamber of Commerce of definitions of conservation, democracy, and the role of the city through the group's efforts to enact air pollution reforms from 1936 to 1945—a time and a place that generally are seen as less than willing to offer women a significant public voice. The Women's Chamber served as a transitional group between pre- and postwar conservationism and environmentalism, suggesting that this period deserves more scholarly study. The case study also advances the links between urban and environmental history
Aesthetics · Air pollution · Art · Democracy · Environmental protection · Environmentalism · Geography · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Salt lake · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |