ISBN:
9781501762680
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9781501762673
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 197 pages)
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Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Cornell scholarship online
DDC:
303.484092
Keywords:
Parton, Mary Field Political and social views
;
Darrow, Clarence Political and social views
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Progressivism (United States politics) History
;
Women social reformers Biography
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Women political activists Biography
;
Society
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20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
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Social & cultural history
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Modern philosophy: since c 1800
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Gender studies: women & girls
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Sociology & anthropology
;
United States Intellectual life 1865-1918
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United States Intellectual life 20th century
;
United States Social conditions 1865-1918
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United States Social conditions 1918-1932
;
United States Politics and government 1901-1953
Abstract:
Following the life of a charismatic woman committed to reform, 'The Pragmatic Ideal' provides an introduction to the politics that dominated the early decades of the twentieth century, ideas that are the basis for much of today's progressive thought. As one of the 'new women' who came of age during the Progressive era, Mary Field Parton, a close friend of Clarence Darrow, pursued social justice as a settlement house worker and as a leading writer on labour organizing, transforming pragmatic principles into action. Mark Douglas McGarvie shows how, following the upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, liberals such as Mary Field Parton turned to pragmatism, hoping to generate greater social awareness from constructions of values rooted in personal experiences instead of philosophical or religious truths.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501762659.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501762659.001.0001
