كتاب إلكتروني
The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the Politics of Maternalism, 1920-30
| العنوان: | The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the Politics of Maternalism, 1920-30 |
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| الوصف: | The rise and fall of a feminist reform powerhouse Jan Doolittle Wilson offers the first comprehensive history of the umbrella organization founded by former suffrage leaders in order to coordinate activities around women's reform. Encompassing nearly every major national women's organization of its time, the Women's Joint Congressional Committee (WJCC) evolved into a powerful lobbying force for the legislative agendas of more than twelve million women. Critics and supporters alike came to recognize it as'the most powerful lobby in Washington.'Examining the WJCC's most consequential and contentious campaigns, Wilson traces how the group's strategies, rhetoric, and success generated congressional and grassroots support for their far-reaching, progressive reforms. But the committee's early achievements sparked a reaction by big business that challenged and ultimately limited the programs these women envisioned. Using the WJCC as a lens, Wilson analyzes women's political culture during the 1920s. She also sheds new light on the initially successful ways women lobbied for social legislation, the limitations of that process for pursuing class-based reforms, and the enormous difficulties the women soon faced in trying to expand public responsibility for social welfare. A volume in the series Women in American History, edited by Anne Firor Scott, Susan Armitage, Susan K. Cahn, and Deborah Gray White |
| المؤلفون: | Jan Wilson |
| نوع المادة: | eBook. |
| الموضوعات: | Child labor--Law and legislation--United States--History, Maternal and infant welfare--Law and legislation--United States--History, Social legislation--United States--History--20th century, Women social reformers--United States--History--20th century, Women--Political activity--United States--History--20th century, Pressure groups--United States--History--20th century, Women--United States--Societies and clubs--History--20th century |
| تصنيفات: | HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, |
| قاعدة البيانات: | eBook Index |
Full Text Finder | ردمك: | 9780252031670 9780252092916 |
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