Relentless Reformer : : Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America /

Relentless Reformer : : Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America / / Robyn Muncy.

Josephine Roche (1886-1976) was a progressive activist, New Deal policymaker, and businesswoman. As a pro-labor and feminist member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, she shaped the founding legislation of the U.S. welfare state and generated the national conversation about health-care...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Muncy, Robyn,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
Series:Politics and Society in Modern America ; 108
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. First Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche'S Apprenticeship, 1886-1918
  • 1. Childhood in the West, Education in the East, 1886-1908
  • 2. Aspiring Feminist and Social Science Progressive, 1908-1912
  • 3. Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912-1913
  • 4. Seeking Fundamentals: The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-1914
  • 5. "Part of It All One Must Become": Progressive in Wartime, 1915-1918 79
  • Part II. First Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche'S New Departures, 1919-1932
  • 6. Work and Love in a Progressive Ebb Tide, 1919-1927
  • 7. Migrating to a "Totally New Planet": Roche Takes Over Rocky Mountain Fuel, 1927-1928
  • 8. "Prophet of a New and Wiser Social Order," 1929-1932
  • Part III. Second Burst of Progressive Reform: Height of Roche'S Renown, 1933-1948
  • 9. Working with the New Deal From Colorado, 1933-1934
  • 10. At the Center of Power: Roche in the New Deal Government, 1934-1939
  • 11. Generating a National Debate about Federal Health Policy, 1935-1939
  • 12. Unmoored during Wartime, 1939-1945
  • 13. Becoming a Cold War Liberal, 1945-1948
  • Part IV. Second Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche Builds a Private Welfare System in the Coalfields, 1948-1963
  • 14. Creating "New Values, New Realities" in the Coalfields, 1948-1956
  • 15. Democratic Denials and Dissent at the Miners' Welfare Fund, 1957-1963
  • Part V. Third Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche Reclaims the Full Progressive Agenda, 1960-1976
  • 16. Challenged and Redeemed by the New Progressivism, 1960-1972
  • 17. Only Ten Minutes Left? Epilogue and Assessment
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Select Primary Sources
  • Index

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