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Cornelia James Cannon and the future American race /

This biography examines the life of Cornelia James Cannon (1876û1969), a Radcliffe graduate, wife Of a prominent Harvard professor, and mother of five who became a prolific writer and "all-purpose reformer," in the words of her son-in-law, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. In addition to writing eig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diedrich, Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Personified mischief": childhood and youth
  • "Four years of unorthodox study": the Radcliffe years
  • "Walter Cannon is my comfort": marriage and family
  • "The woman who stays behind": World War I
  • "Can our civilization maintain itself?": immigration, eugenics, and birth control
  • "Stone-age individuals": The clan betrays
  • "I've got a little fame myself": The Pueblo boy and Red rust
  • "The melting pot in action!": heirs
  • "Starved kittens": birth control, relief babies, and denial
  • "In the face of what we see": journeys and homecomings.