Description |
xl, 488 pages : 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages449-474) and index. |
Contents |
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: "THE STATE OF PREPARATION" AND THE CREATION OF A VOCATION: The Macbeth of Shakespeare -- Bread givers -- Cassandra -- The subjective necessity for social settlements -- The objective value of a social settlement -- The settlement as a factor in the labor movement -- The subtle problems of charity -- Filial relations -- The influence of Lincoln -- The snare of preparation -- PART TWO: INTRODUCTION: JUSTICE AND AMELIORATION: FINDING DEMOCRACY'S MIDDLE WAY: Why a ward boss rules -- The wrecked foundations of domesticity -- The thirst for righteousness -- Survivals of militarism in city government -- A modern Lear -- Moral education and legal protection of children -- Religious education and contemporary social conditions -- The Chicago settlements and social unrest -- The home and the special child -- If men were seeking the franchise -- The public school and the immigrant child -- Americanization -- PART THREE: INTRODUCTION: WOMEN'S REMEMBERING HEART: BREAD-GIVING, PEACE-MAKING, AND SYMPATHY AS POLITICAL FORCES: Women's conscience and social amelioration -- The sheltered woman and the Magdalen -- Introduction (from The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House) -- Aspects of the woman's movement -- Constrasts in post-war generation -- A review of Bread Rations and Woman's Traditions -- Personal reactions in time of war -- Address of Miss Addams at Carnegie Hall (The revolt against war) -- Women's memories: challenging war -- Patriotism and pacificists in wartime -- Friendship with Florence Kelley: National Conference on Social Work -- PART FOUR: INTRODUCTION: CULTURE, CHARACTER, AND THE POWER OF MEMORY: Pen and pencil as tests of character -- Women's memories: transmitting the past, as illustrated by the story of the Devil Baby -- Women's memories: reaction on life, as illustrated by the story of the Devil Baby -- A personal experience in interpreting memory -- The play instinct and the arts -- Need a woman over fifty feel old? -- Tolstoy and Gandhi -- Our national self-righteousness. |
Subject |
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 -- Political and social views.
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Women social workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
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Added Author |
Elshtain, Jean Bethke, 1941-2013.
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ISBN |
0465019153 alkaline paper |
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