Endless crusade : women social scientists and Progressive reform /

This book examines the lives and careers of four American women-Sophonisba Breckinridge, Edith Abbott, Katharine Bement Davis, and Frances Kellor-who played decisive roles in early twentieth-century reform crusades. Breckinridge and Abbott used their educations in political science and political eco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Ellen F. (Ellen Frances)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994, ©1990.
Edition:1st Oxford University pbk. ed.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143860
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Pathways to Chicago
  • White City, Gray City
  • Scientists of Society
  • "The Thing for which You are Well Fitted"
  • "A Most Scientific Institution"
  • "If Sex Could Be Eliminated"
  • "The School is Yours"
  • Epilogue.