03289nam 22007334a 450 991045588690332120200520144314.00-8078-6099-9(CKB)111087027915500(EBL)413432(OCoLC)476237563(SSID)ssj0000122843(PQKBManifestationID)11136001(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122843(PQKBWorkID)10130702(PQKB)10226121(MiAaPQ)EBC413432(Au-PeEL)EBL413432(CaPaEBR)ebr10041257(CaONFJC)MIL929773(EXLCZ)9911108702791550019990525d2000 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCivilizing capitalism[electronic resource] the National Consumers' League, women's activism, and labor standards in the New Deal era /Landon R.Y. StorrsChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20001 online resource (408 p.)Gender & American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-4838-7 0-8078-2527-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-381) and index.Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Investigate, Agitate, Legislate; 2. Toward Feminist Social Democracy; 3. A Subtle Program Come Down from the North?; 4. The Acid Test of the New Deal; 5. Bucking the Bourbons; 6. Agents of the New Deal; 7. Ambiguous Victory; 8. Reaction; 9. Always Democracy; Conclusion; Appendix 1: National Consumers' League Officers, 1933 and 1941; Appendix 2: Biographical Data on Fifty Consumers' League Activists in the 1930's; Appendix 3: Selected Landmarks in the History of Labor Standards Regulation; Notes; Bibliography;Aiming to offer fresh insights into the history of labour policy, the New Deal, feminism, and southern politics, the author of this work examines the New Deal era of the National Consumers' League, one of the most influential reform organizations of the early 20th century.Gender & American culture.Women social reformersUnited StatesBiographyWorking-women's clubsUnited StatesHistoryWomenEmploymentUnited StatesHistoryChild laborUnited StatesHistoryIndustrial welfareUnited StatesHistoryLabor movementUnited StatesHistoryNew Deal, 1933-1939Labor laws and legislationUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Women social reformersWorking-women's clubsHistory.WomenEmploymentHistory.Child laborHistory.Industrial welfareHistory.Labor movementHistory.New Deal, 1933-1939.Labor laws and legislationHistory.331.4/25Storrs Landon R. Y785160MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455886903321Civilizing capitalism2019748UNINA