| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
xv, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-286) and index. |
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"Published works of Edith and Grace Abbott": pages 287-299. |
| Contents |
1. Western Heritage -- 2. The Scientific Spirit and Human Purposes -- 3. Chicago -- New Frontiers -- 4. Advocacy and Immigrants -- 5. The Iniquity of the Fathers -- 6. Not Charity. Justice! -- 7. Well Babies -- Well Mothers -- 8. Defining a Profession -- 9. Permanence and Change -- 10. Sisters and Comrades -- Published Works / Edith Abbott and Grace Abbott. |
| Summary |
"The Abbott sisters forsook the comforts and confinements of the status quo to join the struggle for social justice. From the Progressive Era through the New Deal they were an integral part of the debate that raged around the issues of suffrage, workers' rights, child labor laws, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, the "immigrant problem," tenement housing, social security, emergency relief programs, and the peace movement. Refusing to claim any of the special "feminine" insights often attributed to their contemporary Jane Addams, the Abbotts assumed the role of social engineers and strove for a specialized competence with which to understand the entire social system."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.
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Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957.
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Social workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
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Social justice.
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United States. Children's Bureau.
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Social Justice. (DNLM)D012935
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Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957. (OCoLC)fst00011780
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Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939. (OCoLC)fst00101797
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United States. Children's Bureau. (OCoLC)fst00543183
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Feminists. (OCoLC)fst00922831
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Social justice. (OCoLC)fst01122603
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Social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01122841
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Social workers. (OCoLC)fst01123585
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| ISBN |
0252071557 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780252071553 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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