The establishment of juvenile courts in cities across the United States was one of the earliest social welfare reforms of the Progressive Era. The first juvenile court law was passed in Illinois in 1899. Within a decade twenty-two other states had passed similar laws, based on the Illinois example. Mothers of All Children examines this movement, focusing especially on the role of women reformers and the importance of gender consciousness in influencing the shape of reform. Until recently historians have assumed that male reformers dominated many of the Progressive Era social...
The establishment of juvenile courts in cities across the United States was one of the earliest social welfare reforms of the Progressive Era. The ...
As historians have gradually come to recognize, the involvement of women was central to the anti-slavery cause in both Britain and the United States. Like their male counterparts, women abolitionists did not all speak with one voice. Among the major differences between women were their religious affiliations, an aspect of their commitment that has not been studied in detail. Yet it is clear that the desire to live out and practice their religious beliefs inspired many of the women who participated in anti-slavery activities in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This book...
As historians have gradually come to recognize, the involvement of women was central to the anti-slavery cause in both Britain and the United States. ...
During her long career as a public figure in Jacksonian America, Anne Royall was called everything from an -enemy of religion- to a -Jackson man- to a -common scold.- In her search for the source of such strong reactions, Elizabeth Clapp has uncovered the story of a widely read woman of letters who asserted her right to a political voice without regard to her gender.
Widowed and in need of a livelihood following a disastrous lawsuit over her husband's will, Royall decided to earn her living through writing--first as a travel writer, journeying through America to research and sell...
During her long career as a public figure in Jacksonian America, Anne Royall was called everything from an -enemy of religion- to a -Jackson man- t...
