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Author:

Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.

Title:

The Grace Abbott reader / Grace Abbott ; edited by John Sorensen with Judith Sealander.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxxv, 132 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Abbott, Grace,--1878-1939.
Abbott, Edith,--1876-1957.
Women social reformers--United States--Biography.
Women social workers--United States--Biography.
Feminists--United States.
Social justice.

Other Authors:

Sorensen, John, 1958-
Sealander, Judith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-125) and index.

Contents:

Hull house days / Edith abbott (ca. 1952) -- Immigrant girl (1909) -- The education of foreigners in American citizenship (1910) -- The immigrant as a problem in community planning (1917) -- Problems of the immigrant girl (1917) -- The maternity and infancy revolution / Edith Abbott (ca. 1952) -- A Constitutional amendment (1920) -- Public protection for children (1924) -- Perpetuating May Day (1929) -- The next steps (1929) -- Boarding out (1930) -- The challenge of child welfare (1931) -- The real American vice (1931) -- The Washington traffic jam (1931) -- Why did child labor ever develop in America? (ca. 1933) -- Promoting the welfare of all children (1937) -- Children and the depression (pub. 1941) -- How women achieve in government / Francis Perkins (1939) -- Dorothea Dix (1926) -- Women (1933) -- The changing position of women in government (1930).

ISBN:

0803215908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803215900 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008008157

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)