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Relentless Reformer: Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America
Robyn Muncy
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Description for Relentless Reformer: Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America
Hardback. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 792.
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 policy that Americans are still having today. In this gripping biography, Robyn Muncy offers Roche's persistent progressivism as evidence for surprising continuities among the Progressive Era, the New Deal, and the Great Society. Muncy explains that Roche became the second-highest-ranking woman in the New Deal government after running a Colorado coal company in partnership with coal miners themselves. Once ... Read more
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 policy that Americans are still having today. In this gripping biography, Robyn Muncy offers Roche's persistent progressivism as evidence for surprising continuities among the Progressive Era, the New Deal, and the Great Society. Muncy explains that Roche became the second-highest-ranking woman in the New Deal government after running a Colorado coal company in partnership with coal miners themselves. Once ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Series
Politics and Society in Modern America
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691122731
SKU
V9780691122731
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About Robyn Muncy
Robyn Muncy is associate professor of history at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform, 1890-1935 and the coauthor of Engendering America: A Documentary History, 1865 to the Present.
Reviews for Relentless Reformer: Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America
"Muncy offers readers a biography of Progressive woman reformer-entrepreneur Josephine Roche, who has been largely overlooked by historians for her many contributions throughout the 20th century ... [A] fine book."
Choice "Relentless Reformer is a very necessary addition to the reading list of any student of the history of the United States of America. For those of a non-academic nature it ... Read more
Choice "Relentless Reformer is a very necessary addition to the reading list of any student of the history of the United States of America. For those of a non-academic nature it ... Read more