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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biographies History Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Aronson, Amy. Crystal Eastman. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020] (DLC) 2019017396 (OCoLC)1050132538 |
Named Person: | Crystal Eastman; Crystal Eastman |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Amy Aronson |
ISBN: | 9780190912857 0190912855 9780190912864 0190912863 |
OCLC Number: | 1127258636 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 391 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Introduction: Searching for Crystal Eastman -- Origins -- Discovering Crystal -- Embarking: the Pittsburgh survey, workers' compensation and the first blush of fame -- The federal case for woman suffrage -- Radical pacifist -- Agonizing dilemmas and the march toward war -- From protest to dissent: wartime activism and the founding of the ACLU -- Regrouping: The Liberator years -- Passages: feminism, journalism and the transatlantic twenties -- "Marriage under two roofs": feminism and family life -- Coming home. |
Responsibility: | Amy Aronson. |
Abstract:
The first biography of Crystal Eastman, this book tells the story of one of the most prominent social justice activists of the twentieth century. A founder of the ACLU, Eastman helped to shape the defining movements of the modern era-labor, feminism, peace, and free speech.
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Aronson leaves no doubt that Eastman was an inspiring figure who deserves the renewed attention that the book should bring.A welcome reconsideration of an underappreciated early-20th-century journalist and activist. * Kirkus Reviews * Read more...
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