Refounding democracy through intersectional activism how Progressive Era feminists redefined who we are, and what it means today / Wendy Sarvasy.

Author/creator Sarvasy, Wendy Joy, 1948-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2024.
Descriptionpages cm
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Subjects
Women--Political activity. --United States. --History. --19th century.
Women--Political activity. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Women social reformers--United States. --History. --19th century.
Women social reformers--United States. --History. --20th century.
Feminists--United States. --History. --19th century.
Feminists--United States. --History. --20th century.
Feminism--United States. --History. --19th century.
Feminism--United States. --History. --20th century.
Intersectionality (Sociology)--Political aspects. --United States.

SeriesIntersectionality
Intersectionality. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction: Contemporary context as a period of collective self-reflection -- Feminist settlement house and socializing democracy -- Women's economic independence and the creation of a feminist welfare state -- Egalitarian suffragism and electoral politics of presence -- The transnational: surrounding and completing the national -- Refounding democracy through intersectional activism: conceptual and organizing tools for today
Abstract "Studies turn-of-the-twentieth-century social democratic feminist "refounders" and the conceptual and organizing tools they offer for a defense of democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2023042554
ISBN9781439924242 (cloth)
ISBN9781439924259 (paperback)
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