Sophonisba Breckinridge : Championing Women's Activism in Modern America /

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"Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1866-1948) was an activist, social reformer, and educator who spent most of her life in Chicago whose life and work extended from the Civil War to the Cold War. Though a contemporary and partner to Jane Addams, this will be the first comprehensive biography of...

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Main Author: Jabour, Anya (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Breckinridge, Sophonisba P. > (Sophonisba Preston), > 1866-1948.
Women social workers.
Women social reformers.
Feminists.
Feminism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Reformatrices sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Travailleuses sociales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Feminisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Feminisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Feministes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Women social reformers > United States > Biography.
Women social workers > United States > Biography.
Feminism > United States > History > 20th century.
Feminism > United States > History > 19th century.
Feminists > United States > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "a woman's work" and "the work of the world"
  • Becoming a Breckinridge: a Kentucky childhood
  • Preparation for citizenship: an "all-around girl" at Wellesley College
  • Striving for the ideal: female achievement and the family claim
  • Academic activism: social science and social reform in progressive-era Chicago
  • The other "Chicago school": the School of Social Service Administration
  • Defining equality: fairness and feminism
  • Women against war: an international movement for peace and justice
  • The potential and pitfalls of Pan-American feminism
  • Toward a national minimum: women building the welfare state
  • "A & B": a productive partnership
  • Epilogue: passionate patience.

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