Sophonisba Breckinridge - Championing Women''s Activism in Modern America

Anya Jabour is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana. Her books include Topsy-Turvy: How the Civil War Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children and Scarlett's Sisters: Young Women in the Old South.

List of contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface: Forgotten Feminist

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "A Woman's Work" and "The Work of the World"

Chapter One. Becoming a Breckinridge: A Kentucky Childhood

Chapter Two. Preparation for Citizenship: An "All-Around Girl" at Wellesley College

Chapter Three. Striving for the Ideal: Female Achievement and the Family Claim

Chapter Four. Academic Activism: Social Science and Social Reform in Progressive-Era Chicago

Chapter Five. The Other Chicago School: The School of Social Service Administration

Chapter Six. Defining Equality: Fairness and Feminism

Chapter Seven. Women against War: An International Movement for Peace and Justice

Chapter Eight. The Potential and Pitfalls of Pan-American Feminism

Chapter Nine. Toward a National Minimum: Women Building the Welfare State

Chapter Ten. "A&B": A Productive Partnership

Epilogue: Passionate Patience

Notes

Index

Back cover

About the author

Anya Jabour

Product details

• Authors: Anya Jabour
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780252084515
• ISBN: 978-0-252-08451-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History; Women, Gender, and Sexuality i
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, Politischer Aktivismus