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Julia Lathrop - Social Service and Progressive Government (Hardcover)
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Julia Lathrop - Social Service and Progressive Government (Hardcover)
Series: Lives of American Women
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Julia Lathrop was a social servant, government activist, and social
scientist who expanded notions of women's proper roles in public
life during the early 1900s. Appointed as chief of the U.S.
Children's Bureau, created in 1912 to promote child welfare, she
was the first woman to head a United States federal agency.
Throughout her life, Lathrop challenged the social norms of the
time and became instrumental in shaping Progressive reform. She
began her career at Hull House in Chicago, the nation's most famous
social settlement, where she worked to improve public and private
welfare for poor people, helped establish America's first juvenile
court, and pushed for immigrant rights. Lathrop was also co-founder
of one of America's first schools of social work. Later in life she
became a leader in the League of Women Voters and an advisor on
child welfare to the League of Nations. Following Lathrop's life
from her childhood and college education through her social service
and government work, this book gives an overview of her enduring
contribution to progressive politics, women's employment, and
women's education. It also offers a look at how one influential
woman worked within the bounds of traditional conventions about
gender, race, and class, and also pushed against them.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Lives of American Women |
Release date: |
June 2019 |
First published: |
2017 |
Authors: |
Miriam Cohen
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
212 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-09779-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
0-367-09779-6 |
Barcode: |
9780367097790 |
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