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The Grace Abbott Reader.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (171 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780803294820
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Grace Abbott ReaderDDC classification:
  • 515.35
LOC classification:
  • HQ1413.A33 -- .G733 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edith Abbott and "A Sister's Memories" -- Grace Abbott: A Biographical Timeline -- Part I: Immigrants -- Introduction: Hull House Days -- 1. The Immigrant Girl -- 2. The Education of Foreigners in American Citizenship -- 3. The Immigrant as a Problem in Community Planning -- 4. Problems of the Immigrant Girl -- Part II: Children -- Introduction: The Maternity and Infancy Revolution -- 5. A Constitutional Amendment -- 6. Public Protection for Children -- 7. Perpetuating May Day -- 8. The Next Steps -- 9. Boarding Out -- 10. The Challenge of Child Welfare -- 11. The Real American Vice -- 12. The Washington Traf c Jam -- 13. Why Did Child Labor Ever Develop in America? -- 14. Promoting the Welfare of All Children -- 15. Children and the Depression -- Part III: Women -- Introduction: How Women Achieve in Government -- 16. Dorothea Dix -- 17. Women -- 18. The Changing Position of Women in Government -- Postscript -- Source Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edith Abbott and "A Sister's Memories" -- Grace Abbott: A Biographical Timeline -- Part I: Immigrants -- Introduction: Hull House Days -- 1. The Immigrant Girl -- 2. The Education of Foreigners in American Citizenship -- 3. The Immigrant as a Problem in Community Planning -- 4. Problems of the Immigrant Girl -- Part II: Children -- Introduction: The Maternity and Infancy Revolution -- 5. A Constitutional Amendment -- 6. Public Protection for Children -- 7. Perpetuating May Day -- 8. The Next Steps -- 9. Boarding Out -- 10. The Challenge of Child Welfare -- 11. The Real American Vice -- 12. The Washington Traf c Jam -- 13. Why Did Child Labor Ever Develop in America? -- 14. Promoting the Welfare of All Children -- 15. Children and the Depression -- Part III: Women -- Introduction: How Women Achieve in Government -- 16. Dorothea Dix -- 17. Women -- 18. The Changing Position of Women in Government -- Postscript -- Source Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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