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Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany : A Dialogue in Documents, 1885-1933 /

Women reformers in the United States and Germany maintained a brisk dialogue between 1885 and 1933. Drawing on one another's expertise, they sought to alleviate a wide array of social injustices generated by industrial capitalism, such as child labor and the exploitation of women in the workpla...

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Otros Autores: Strasser, Susan, 1948- (Editor ), Schüler, Anja (Editor ), Sklar, Kathryn Kish (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Introduction: A Transatlantic Dialogue pt. I. Promoting a Dialogue: American Women Forge Ties with German Activism, 1885 1908. 1. Florence Kelley Tells American Suffragists to Attend to Working Women. 2. Kelley Urges American Suffragists to Adopt a Program. 3. Kelley Describes the German Workingwomen's Movement to American Suffragists. 4. Kelley Explains Illinois Factory Laws to German Social Democrats. 5. Kelley Reports on Women Factory Inspectors to a German Audience. 6. Kelley Analyzes American Sweatshops for a German Audience. 7. Mary Church Terrell Speaks in Berlin. 8. Jane Addams Praises German Labor Legislation pt. II. German Reformers Consider the American Example, 1891 1914. 1. An Early Report on the New York Consumers' League. 2. Minna Cauer Describes the American Women's Movement. 3. Kathe Schirmacher Reports on the International Women's Congress at the Columbian Exposition. 4. Die Frau Reviews Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Eighty Years and More. 5. A German Sociologist Describes American Women Factory Inspectors. 6. Alice Salomon on American Settlement Work. 7. A German Translation of Twenty Years at Hull House. 8. A German Activist Responds to Twenty Years pt. III. The Dialogue Changes during World War I. 1. A Sympathetic Journalist Describes German Women's War Efforts. 2. German Radical Women Organize for Peace. 3. A Mainstream German Woman Activist Opposes Pacifism. 4. An American Report on the Hague Congress. 5. Resolutions Adopted at the Hague Congress. 6. Alice Hamilton and Jane Addams Tour Europe at War. 7. German Women Appeal to Jane Addams and Edith Wilson. 8. An American Report on the Zurich Congress. 9. Florence Kelley Describes the Zurich Congress pt. IV. The Limitations of Nationhood in the 1920s. A. Americans Respond to Germany's Need. 1. Addams and Hamilton Tour a Ravaged Germany. 2. A German Nun Writes to Jane Addams. 3. A German Activist Appeals to Addams for Help. 4. The Weimar President Praises Jane Addams. 5. Florence Kelley on the 1921 Vienna Congress. B. Racializing the Dialogue. 6. Racist German Propaganda Addressed to American Women. 7. Mary Church Terrell Protests to Jane Addams. 8. The WILPF Vienna Congress Resolution on Colonial Troops. C. German Women Return to the Dialogue. 9. Red Scare Tactics Used on German Activist Visiting the United States. 10. Jane Addams Plans for German Visitors. 11. Pages from a Keepsake. 12. Alice Salomon on the Modern American Woman. 13. A Young German Reformer on American Welfare Laws. 14. A German Politician Writes for American Reformers. 15. Alice Salomon Salutes Jane Addams. Epilogue: The Dialogue Destroyed. Glossary of German Organizations. Biographical Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index.