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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Named Person: | Josephine A Roche; Josephine A Roche; Josephine A Roche; Josephine A Roche |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robyn Muncy |
ISBN: | 9780691122731 0691122733 9780691173528 0691173524 |
OCLC Number: | 877364268 |
Description: | xii, 408 pages : black and white illustrations portraits ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Childhood in the West, Education in the East, 1886-1908 -- Aspiring Feminist and Social Science Progressive, 1908-1912 -- Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912-1913. -- Seeking Fundamentals: The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-1914 -- "Part of It All One Must Become": Progressive in Wartime, 1915-1918 -- Work and Love in a Progressive Ebb Tide, 1919-1927 -- Migrating to a "Totally New Planet": Roche Takes Over Rocky Mountain Fuel, 1927-1928 -- "Prophet of a New and Wiser Social Order," 1929-1932 -- Working with the New Deal from Colorado, 1933-1934 -- At the Center of Power: Roche in the New Deal Government, 1934-1939 -- Generating a National Debate about Federal Health Policy, 1935-1939 --Unmoored during Wartime, 1939-1945 -- Becoming a Cold War Liberal, 1945-1948 -- Creating "New Values, New Realities" in the Coalfields, 1948-1956 -- Democratic Denials and Dissent at the Miners' Welfare Fund, 1957-1963; 1976 -- Challenged and Redeemed by the New Progressivism, 1960-1972 -- Only Ten Minutes Left? Epilogue and Assessment. |
Series Title: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America. |
Responsibility: | Robyn Muncy. |
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"Muncy offers readers a biography of Progressive woman reformer-entrepreneur Josephine Roche, who has been largely overlooked by historians for her many contributions throughout the 20th century ... [A] fine book."--Choice "Relentless Reformer is a very necessary addition to the reading list of any student of the history of the United States of America. For those of a non-academic nature it is a jolly good read. It takes a worthy place in the comprehensive series Politics and Society in Twentieth-century America."--Don Vincent, Open History Journal "In her exemplary biography, Muncy never flinches from telling us the bad along with the good, drawing a portrait of a whole human being with profound lessons to teach."--Alice Kessler-Harris, Women's Review of Books "A model of biography as social and political history, Relentless Reformer tells the compelling story of one life as it shaped and exemplified a larger public life."--Barbara Melosh, Journal of American History "Muncy set out to return Roche to the prominence she deserves, while at the same time demonstrating how and why women's contributions are often ignored and or forgotten... She succeeded in accomplishing this, while writing an engaging and comprehensive biography."--Katherine G. Aiken, American Historical Review Read more...


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