Feminist Pragmatism and Social Rights - From Jane Addams to Frances Perkins

Judy D. Whipps delves into the untold legacy of early twentieth-century feminist pragmatists who reshaped American legislative and legal history. As advocates for working women, children, immigrants, and racial justice, they fought for an interpretation of the Constitution that included social rights.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Feminist Pragmatist Philosophy and Activsm
Part 1: 1890-1917 - The Foundational Figures in Feminist Pragmatism
Chapter 1. Imagining Social Rights: Jane Addams and Hull House
Chapter 2. Women's Networks and Social Science: Julia Lathrop and the Juvenile Courts
Chapter 3. Judicial Activism for Social Rights: Florence Kelley
Chapter 4. African American Clubwomen: Mary Church Terrell and Mary McLeod Bethune
Chapter 5. Grace Abbott and the Immigrants' Protective League
Part II: Making Social Rights a Legal Reality: the 1920s and '30s
Chapter 6. Violent Interlude and Reform Backlash
Chapter 7. Internationalism and Global Social Rights: Emily Greene Balch
Chapter 8. The Children's Bureau: A Prototype for Federal Social Rights
Chapter 9. Feminism: The Struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment and Workplace
Protections
Chapter 10. Social Rights in the New Deal: Frances Perkins, Molly Dewson, and Mary McLeod
Bethune
Conclusion: Are Social Rights at Risk Today?
Bibliography
About the Author

Info autore

Judy D. Whipps

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Judy D Whipps, Judy D. Whipps
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666943221
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-322-1
• Pagine: 356
• Serie: American Philosophy Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Biography: general, Social & cultural history, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges, Pragmatism, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Legal profession: general, Legal profession / practice of law: general