Character Is Destiny : The Autobiography of Alice Salomon.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Series .
- Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Character Is Destiny -- 1. A Child with a Garden, 1872-1889 -- 2. Apprenticeship, 1893-1899 -- 3. Widening Horizon -- 4. London-Berlin -- 5. The Aberdeens, Scotland, Ireland, 1904-1908 -- 6. Two Jobs for Life, I: The School for Social Work, 1907-1913 -- 7. Two Jobs for Life, II: Officer of the International Council: Canada and First Glimpse of U.S.A. -- 8. Brief Harvest before the Storm -- 9. "The Evidence of Things Not Seen": 1914 -- 10. Patriotism Is Not Enough, 1914-1916 -- 11. In the War Office, 1917-1919 -- 12. Fourteen Years of Democracy, I: Years of Chaos, 1919-1924 -- 13. Fourteen Years of Democracy, II: My Foreign Affairs, 1920-1933 -- 14. Fourteen Years of Democracy, III: Social Reconstruction, 1924-1929 -- 15. Fourteen Years of Democracy, IV: Then Came the Collapse -- 16. The Golden Ring of Friendship -- 17. The Stream of Lava -- 18. The Mystery of Individual Adjustments -- 19. A Spy Stands behind You -- 20. Exit Modern Woman -- 21. The Strong and the Weak -- 22. God and Caesar -- 23. The Pastors . . . Martin Niemöller -- 24. New Lease on Life -- Appendix A. The Significance of the Women's Movement for Social Life -- Appendix B. The Revolution of the Mother -- Appendix C. Preface to an Early Version of Salomon's Autobiography -- Notes.
An autobiography by the famous Alice Salomon--the German Jane Addams.