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100 1 $aBarrows, Robert G.$q(Robert Graham),$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89608474
245 10 $aAlbion Fellows Bacon :$bIndiana's municipal housekeeper /$cRobert G. Barrows.
260 $aBloomington, Ind. :$bIndiana University Press,$c2000.
263 $a0012
300 $axx, 229 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aMidwestern history and culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"Born in Evansville, Indiana, in 1865, Albion Fellows Bacon was reared in the nearby hamlet of McCutchanville. Following graduation from Evansville High School, she worked for several years as a secretary and court reporter, toured Europe with her sister, married local merchant Hilary Bacon in 1888, and settled into a seemingly comfortable routine of middle-class domesticity.
520 8 $aIn 1892, however, she was afflicted with an illness that lasted for several years, an illness that may have resulted from a real or perceived absence of outlets for her intelligence and creativity.".
520 8 $a"Bacon eventually found such outlets in a myriad of voluntary associations and social welfare campaigns. She became best-known for her work on behalf of tenement reform and was instrumental in the passage of legislation to improve housing conditions in the state. She was also involved in child welfare work, city planning and zoning, and a variety of public health efforts.
520 8 $aBacon became Indiana's foremost "municipal housekeeper," a Progressive Era term for women who applied their domestic skills to social problems plaguing their communities. She also found time to write articles related to her social reform efforts, as well as articles and booklets that proclaimed her religious faith. She published one volume of children's stories, and authored several pageants. One subject she did not write about was women's suffrage. While she did not oppose votes for women, suffrage was never her priority.
520 8 $aBut the reality of her participation in public affairs did advance the cause of women's political equality and provided a role model for future generations."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aBacon, Albion Fellows,$d1865-1933.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80009726
650 0 $aWomen social reformers$zIndiana$vBiography.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100576
651 0 $aIndiana$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aIndiana$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115451
830 0 $aMidwestern history and culture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86737983
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