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Character is destiny : the autobiography of Alice Salomon / edited by Andrew Lees.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salomon, Alice, 1872-1948.
- Series:
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany.
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Salomon, Alice, 1872-1948.
- Salomon, Alice.
- Women social workers--Germany--Biography.
- Women social workers.
- Women social workers--United States--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An autobiography by the famous Alice Salomon--the German Jane Addams
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Character Is Destiny; 1. A Child with a Garden, 1872-1889; 2. Apprenticeship, 1893-1899; 3. Widening Horizon; 4. London-Berlin; 5. The Aberdeens, Scotland, Ireland, 1904-1908; 6. Two Jobs for Life, I: The School for Social Work, 1907-1913; 7. Two Jobs for Life, II: Officer of the International Council: Canada and First Glimpse of U.S.A.; 8. Brief Harvest before the Storm; 9. "The Evidence of Things Not Seen": 1914; 10. Patriotism Is Not Enough, 1914-1916; 11. In the War Office, 1917-1919
- 12. Fourteen Years of Democracy, I: Years of Chaos, 1919-192413. Fourteen Years of Democracy, II: My Foreign Affairs, 1920-1933; 14. Fourteen Years of Democracy, III: Social Reconstruction, 1924-1929; 15. Fourteen Years of Democracy, IV: Then Came the Collapse; 16. The Golden Ring of Friendship; 17. The Stream of Lava; 18. The Mystery of Individual Adjustments; 19. A Spy Stands behind You; 20. Exit Modern Woman; 21. The Strong and the Weak; 22. God and Caesar; 23. The Pastors . . . Martin Niemöller; 24. New Lease on Life; Appendix A. The Significance of the Women's Movement for Social Life
- Appendix B. The Revolution of the MotherAppendix C. Preface to an Early Version of Salomon's Autobiography; Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264).
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786612593833
- 9781282593831
- 1282593838
- 9780472025107
- 0472025104
- OCLC:
- 743200895
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