The Pragmatic Ideal : Mary Field Parton and the Pursuit of a Progressive Society /

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Following the life of a charismatic woman committed to reform, The Pragmatic Ideal provides an introduction to the politics that dominated the early decades of the twentieth century, ideas that are the basis for much of today's progressive thought. As one of the "New Women" who came o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGarvie, Mark Douglas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Progressivism (United States politics) > History.
Women political activists > United States > Biography.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Sociology & Social Science.
Womens Studies.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
settlement house movement, pragmatism and social justice, small group theory, clarence darrow, gibson girl, new women movement, 19th century american politics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Victorian Childhood in Defense of Tradition, 1878-1896
  • 2. Expanded Opportunities beyond the Home, 1896-1905
  • 3. The New Women and Life in the Urban United States, 1905-1908
  • 4. The Trials of Progressivism, 1909-1914
  • 5. Liberalism's Decline during and after the Great War, 1914-1924
  • 6. A Rights Revival in the Roaring Twenties, 1924-1929
  • 7. A New Deal for Liberalism and the United States, 1929-1969
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index

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