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You don't have to bash the federal government to make the case for local action

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Volunteers planting a tree in 2018. I already knew that "women's clubs" of various types, both when women couldn't vote and/or tended to be "housewives," were key elements in local civic affairs. Both the Forest Service and NPS cultivated support through women's clubs across the country. Getty Images photo.