GROWING UP WITH A CITY

LOUISE DE KOVEN BOWEN

Verlag: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY, 1926

Beschreibung

A PREVIOUS BOOK OWNER'S SIGNATURE IS ON THE FIRST FREE END PAGE. THE DUST JACKET IS PRICE CLIPPED. THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK IS A SECOND PRINTING, ONE MONTH AFTER THE FIRST PRINTING. THE AUTHOR WAS A WEALTHY CHICAGO ACTIVIST AND FOUNDER OF SEVERAL WOMEN'S GROUPS, SOCIAL CLUBS AND ACTIVIST GROUPS. HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN FORT DEARBORN AND HER FATHER WAS A WEALTHY BANKER. THE FIRST 20% OF THE BOOK IS ABOUT HER CHILDGOOD AND YOUTH IN EARLY CHICAGO INCLUDING THE GREAT FIRE OF 1871. THE AUTHOR VIVIDLY PORTRAYS THE MORES AND CULTURE OF THE WEALTHY IN 19 TH AND EARLY 20 TH CENTURY CHICAGO. MRS. BOWEN BECAME A MAJOR ACTIVIST AGAINST THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN WORKSHOPS, 12 HOUR WORK DAYS, AND THEIR IMMPLORABLY SQUALID LIVING CONDITIONS, AND POOR HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY FOR ITS IRISH, POLISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. AND, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE SOLICITATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTHS FOR PROSTITUTION. SHE BECAME A MAJOR FORCE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF HULL HOUSE ALONG WITH HER CLOSE FRIEND, JANE ADDAMS. HER ACTIVISM ACCOMPLISHED A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT LEGAL, JUDICIAL AND HEALTH REFORMS WHILE OFTEN PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR WORTHWHILE CAUSES AT HULL HOUSE. WHEN OLDER, SHE BECAME AN ACTYIVIST IN THE SUFFRAGIST MOVEMENT AND SHE CREATED MANY CITY AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND WAS SELECTED TO LEAD NUMEROUS COMMISSIONS FOR REFORM NOT ONLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BUT NATIONALLY AS WELL. SHE BECAME A CLOSE CONFIDENT OF SEVERAL PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ASSISTED IN HER WORTHWHILE REFORMS OF THE POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN. THE BOOK IS A REVELATION OF THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN, AND THE WEALTHY AND IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURYS. MANY OF THE INCIDENTS OF THAT INEQUALITY ARE PORTRAYED IN THIS BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN'S TRULY AMAZING SOCIAL ACTIVIST CAREER AND LIFE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2223480

Bibliografische Details

Titel: GROWING UP WITH A CITY

Verlag: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, NEW YORK, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1926

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: GOOD CONDITION, PRICE CLIPPED

Auflage: First Edition