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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791232103321

Autore

Salomon Alice <1872-1948.>

Titolo

Character is destiny : the autobiography of Alice Salomon / / edited by Andrew Lees

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004

ISBN

1-282-59383-8

9786612593833

0-472-02510-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Altri autori (Persone)

LeesAndrew <1940->

Disciplina

361.3/092

B

Soggetti

Women social workers - Germany

Women social workers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264).

Nota di contenuto

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 Niemòˆller; 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

Sommario/riassunto

An autobiography by the famous Alice Salomon--the German Jane Addams