03141nam 2200625 a 450 991014252390332120200520144314.01-283-26688-197866132668800-87421-462-9(CKB)111056486848424(EBL)287130(OCoLC)476039920(SSID)ssj0000190771(PQKBManifestationID)11182880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190771(PQKBWorkID)10183303(PQKB)11429058(MiAaPQ)EBC3442766(OCoLC)51978258(MdBmJHUP)muse16354(MiAaPQ)EBC287130(Au-PeEL)EBL287130(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51491(EXLCZ)9911105648684842420020501d2002 ub 0engurbn#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLeave the dishes in the sink adventures of an activist in conservative Utah /Alison Comish ThorneLogan, Utah Utah State University Pressc20021 online resource (295 pages) digital file(s)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: 9780874214390 Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-273) and index.Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Growing Up in the 1920s; 2 The Great Depression and College Years; 3 Producing Children and Books: The 1940s; 4 Search for Values; 5 Conformity and Creativity; 6 Social Justice: The 1960s; 7 Feminist Straws in the Wind; 8 Activism in the 1970s; 9 The Women's Movement at Utah State University; 10 The Widening Reach of the Women's Movement; 11 The University, Women, and History; 12 Gathering Up Loose Ends; Appendix: The Life and Career of Wynne Thorne; Postscript: What Became of the Children?; Acknowledgments; Notes; IndexAlison Thorne provides a small-town Utah perspective on the progressive social movements that in the mid to late twentieth century dramatically affected American society. A born activist, Thorne has fought for women's rights, educational reform in public schools and universities, the environment, peace, and the war on poverty. Her efforts have been all the more challenging because of the conservative social and cultural environment in which she has undertaken them. Yet, Thorne, who has deep personal and familial roots in the politically conservative and predominantly Mormon culture of UtaCollege teachersUtahBiographyWomen college teachersUtahBiographyFeminism and educationUtahCollege teachersWomen college teachersFeminism and education378.1/2/092BThorne Alison Comish801324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910142523903321Leave the dishes in the sink1924568UNINA