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Unsentimental Reformer : The Life of Josephine Shaw Lowell
Unsentimental Reformer The Life of Josephine Shaw Lowell
Author: Joan Waugh
This book challenges all previous interpretations of Josephine Shaw Lowell as a "genteel" elitist reformer. Such was the massive and pitiless industrialization of the nation after the Civil War that Lowell sought a new way to approach poverty. She rationalized charity toward hapless families and children in ways that established social responsib...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674930360
ISBN-10: 0674930363
Publication Date: 1/15/1998
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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