The Pragmatic Ideal : Mary Field Parton and the Pursuit of a Progressive Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGarvie, Mark Douglas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parton, Mary Field.

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938.

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938--Political and social views.

Parton, Mary Field--Political and social views.

Women social reformers.

Women political activists.

Social conditions.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Politics and government.

Political and social views.

Intellectual life.

Women political activists--United States--Biography.

Women social reformers--United States--Biography.

Progressivism (United States politics)--History.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.

United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This microhistory uses the life of writer and social activist Mary Field Parton to access the intellectual and cultural movements of the late 1800s and early 1900s and to explore the tensions and inconsistencies within progressivism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Victorian Childhood in Defense of Tradition, 1878-1896

Expanded Opportunities Beyond the Home, 1896-1905

The New Women and Life in Urban America, 1905-1908

The Trials of Progressivism, 1909-1914

Liberalism's Decline During and After the Great War, 1914-1928

A Rights Revival in the Roaring Twenties, 1924-1929

A New Deal for Liberalism and America, 1929-1969.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: McGarvie, Mark Douglas The Pragmatic Ideal

ISBN:

9781501762680

OCLC:

1255522406