The Pragmatic Ideal - Mary Field Parton and the Pursuit of a Progressive Society (Hardcover)

Following the life of a charismatic woman committed to reform, The Pragmatic Ideal provides an introduction to the politics that dominated the early decades of the twentieth century, ideas that are the basis for much of today's progressive thought. As one of the "new women" who came of age during the Progressive era, Mary Field Parton, a close friend of Clarence Darrow, pursued social justice as a settlement house worker and as a leading writer on labor organizing, transforming pragmatic principles into action. Mark Douglas McGarvie shows how, following the upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, liberals such as Mary Field Parton turned to pragmatism, hoping to generate greater social awareness from constructions of values rooted in personal experiences instead of philosophical or religious truths. The Pragmatic Ideal reveals how Mary Field Parton sought to expand her rights as a woman while nonetheless denigrating rights as artificial legal impediments to social progress. The issues she faced and the options she considered find important currency in the political divisions confronting Americans a century later. 

General

Imprint:	Northern Illinois University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Mark Douglas Mcgarvie
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-1-5017-6265-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-5017-6265-6
Barcode:	9781501762659

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