Sophonisba Breckinridge

Anya Jabour is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana. Her books include Topsy-Turvy: How the Civil War Turned the World Upside Down for Southern Children and Scarlett's Sisters: Young Women in the Old South.

"In propulsive prose, Anya Jabour brings to life progressive feminist Sophonisba Breckinridge, whose forty-year career as an advocate for social justice provides a model of 'passionate patience' for progressives in the twenty-first century."--Robyn Muncy, author of Relentless Reformer: Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America"A compelling biography that resurrects the life and times of this noteworthy feminist." --Booklist"Anya Jabour has written an outstanding biography of Sophonisba Breckinridge. She has thoroughly convinced me of Breckinridge's important role in American and women's history and how much of each is revealed by her lifelong activism. The research is expansive and the writing is flawless."--Joan M. Johnson, author of Funding Feminism: Monied Women, Philanthropy, and the Women's Movement, 1870–1967

• CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsPreface: Forgotten FeministAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "A Woman's Work" and "The Work of the World"Chapter One. Becoming a Breckinridge: A Kentucky ChildhoodChapter Two. Preparation for Citizenship: An "All-Around Girl" at Wellesley CollegeChapter Three. Striving for the Ideal: Female Achievement and the Family ClaimChapter Four. Academic Activism: Social Science and Social Reform in Progressive-Era ChicagoChapter Five. The Other Chicago School: The School of Social Service AdministrationChapter Six. Defining Equality: Fairness and FeminismChapter Seven. Women against War: An International Movement for Peace and JusticeChapter Eight. The Potential and Pitfalls of Pan-American FeminismChapter Nine. Toward a National Minimum: Women Building the Welfare StateChapter Ten. "A&B": A Productive PartnershipEpilogue: Passionate PatienceNotesIndexBack cover