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Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957, author.

Titre A sister's memories : the life and work of Grace Abbott from the writings of her sister, Edith Abbott / edited by John Sorensen.

Table des matières
	Illustrations	ix
	Introduction	1
pt. 1	A PRAIRIE CHILDHOOD
1.	Children of the Western Plains	19
2.	Some Family Traditions: Abolition and the Civil War	23
3.	Democracy on the High Plains	32
4.	Our Prairie Home	40
5.	The Rights of the Indian	50
6.	The Rights of Women	55
7.	Father's Law Office	60
8.	A Home of Law and Politics	68
9.	The Children's Day	75
10.	Books in the Prairie Days	83
11.	Grace and the Rights of Children	87
12.	The Treeless Plains	94
13.	The End of the Beginning	102
pt. 2	THE HULL HOUSE YEARS
	Preface	111
14.	Life at Hull House	113
15.	Protecting Immigrant Arrivals	127
16.	The Lost Immigrant Girls	135
17.	The Children of Immigrants	142
18.	Protecting Workers: Immigrants and Women	147
19.	A Fair Deal: Banks and Courts	154
20.	The "New Immigration"	159
21.	Immigration at the Source	165
22.	The Massachusetts Commission on Immigration	169
23.	A Pacifist in the First World War	172
24.	Julius Rosenwald	177
25.	Votes for Women	180
26.	The Children's Bureau	188
27.	The First Child Labor Law	192
28.	The Tragedy of "Hammer v. Dagenhart"	203
29.	Children and the War	207
30.	Back to Chicago	209
pt. 3	THE CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN
31.	The New Chief	215
32.	The First Year	225
33.	The Maternity Bill: A Matter of Life and Death	231
34.	The Supreme Court and the Radio	248
35.	The Children's Amendment	256
36.	Madame President	265
37.	The Battle Continues	270
38.	Publications and Politics	281
39.	Geneva	285
40.	Extending the Act	294
41.	1929	300
42.	Grace Abbott for the Cabinet	310
43.	The White House Conference	319
44.	Conversion by Exigency	348
45.	First Essentials	360
46.	The Undying Fire	370
	Acknowledgments	377
	Appendix. The Undying Fire	379

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Innovative University Library	HQ1413.A33 A23 2015	AVAILABLE

Description	376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content Type	text txt rdacontent.
Type De Document	unmediated n rdamedia.
Carrier Type	volume nc rdacarrier.
Sujet	Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939.
	Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
	Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
	Social legislation -- United States -- History.
	Public welfare -- United States -- History.
Autre Auteur	Sorensen, John, 1958- editor.
ISBN	9780226209586 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	022620958X (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780226209616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	022620961X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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