The Woman in American HistoryAddison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1971 - 207 pages |
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Page 94
... social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for sur- vival , as the home ...
... social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for sur- vival , as the home ...
Page 128
... social insurance . Fanning out into every area that touched the lives of the poor , settlement house workers became a potent force for social change . The interests of Jane Addams and her associates and follow- ers ranged far and wide ...
... social insurance . Fanning out into every area that touched the lives of the poor , settlement house workers became a potent force for social change . The interests of Jane Addams and her associates and follow- ers ranged far and wide ...
Page 140
... social change , easy divorce , and a host of extremist demands . Southern suffragists accommodated them- selves to these prejudices by accepting white supremacy with- out question . But the southern states held out against suffrage to ...
... social change , easy divorce , and a host of extremist demands . Southern suffragists accommodated them- selves to these prejudices by accepting white supremacy with- out question . But the southern states held out against suffrage to ...
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References to this book
Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |