LEADER 03049oam 22005174a 450 001 9910154709003321 005 20180817105041.0 010 $a9780253028495 010 $a0253028493 035 $a(CKB)4340000000022969 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4767229 035 $a(OCoLC)1016808570 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57704 035 $a(Perlego)2429584 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000022969 100 $a19981229d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDisloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens $eWomen and Subversion during World War I /$fKathleen Kennedy 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana ;$aIndianapolis, [Indiana] :$cIndiana University Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) 311 08$a9780253335654 311 08$a0253335655 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [113]-161) and index. 330 8 $aA concise and highly readable study of women's influence on a crucial era in American political and cultural history. Kathleen Kennedy's unique study explores the arrests, trials, and defenses of women charged under the Wartime Emergency Laws passed soon after the US entered World War I. These women, often members of the political left, whose anti-war or pro-labor activity brought them to the attention of federal officials, made up ten percent of the approximately two thousand Federal Espionage cases. Their trials became important arenas in which women's relationships and obligations to national security were contested and defined. Anti-radical politics raised questions about the state's role in defining motherhood and social reproduction. Kennedy shows that state authorities often defined women's subversion as a violation of their maternal roles. Yet, with the exception of Kate Richards O'Hare, the women charged with sedition did not define their political behavior within the terms set by maternalism. Instead, they used liberal arguments of equality, justice, and democratic citizenship to argue for their right to speak frankly about American policy. Such claims, while often in opposition to strategies outlined by their defense teams, helped form the framework for modern arguments made in defense of civil liberties. 606 $aPolitical persecution$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xProtest movements 606 $aSubversive activities$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical persecution$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xProtest movements. 615 0$aSubversive activities 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen 676 $a940.3082 700 $aKennedy$b Kathleen$f1963-$01234625 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154709003321 996 $aDisloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens$92867940 997 $aUNINA