An edition of A sister's memories (2015)

A sister's memories

the life and work of Grace Abbott from the writings of her sister, Edith Abbott

A sister's memories
Edith Abbott, Edith Abbott
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An edition of A sister's memories (2015)

A sister's memories

the life and work of Grace Abbott from the writings of her sister, Edith Abbott

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A sister's memories: the life and work of Grace Abbott from the writings of her sister, Edith Abbott
2015, University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

A prairie childhood. Children of the Western Plains ; Some family traditions : abolition and the Civil War ; Democracy on the High Plains ; Our prairie home ; The rights of the Indian ; The rights of women ; Father's law office ; A home of law and politics ; The children's day ; Books in the prairie days ; Grace and the rights of children ; The treeless plains ; The end of the beginning
The Hull House years. Life at Hull House ; Protecting immigrant arrivals ; The lost immigrant girls ; The children of immigrants ; Protecting workers: immigrants and women ; A fair deal: banks and courts ; The "new immigration" ; Immigration at the source ; The Massachusetts Commission on Immigration ; A pacifist in the first World War ; Julius Rosenwald ; Votes for women ; The Children's Bureau ; The first child labor law ; The tragedy of "Hammer V. Dagenhart" ; Children and the war ; Back to Chicago
The crusade for children. The new chief ; The first year ; The maternity bill: a matter of life and death ; The Supreme Court and the radio ; The children's amendment ; Madame President ; The battle continues ; Publications and politics ; Geneva ; Extending the act ; 1929 ; Grace Abbott for the cabinet ; The White House conference ; Conversion by exigency ; First essentials ; The undying fire
Appendix. The undying fire.

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Other Titles
Life and work of Grace Abbott from the writings of her sister, Edith Abbott

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.42092
Library of Congress
HQ1413.A33 A23 2015, HQ1413.A33A23 2015, HQ1413

The Physical Object

Pagination
376 pages
Number of pages
376

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27210716M
ISBN 10
022620958X, 022620961X
ISBN 13
9780226209586, 9780226209616, 9780226209753
LCCN
2014040791
OCLC/WorldCat
893721586
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.7208/chicago/9780226209753.001.0001

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