Title Left in the Midwest : St. Louis progressive activism in the 1960s and 1970s / edited by Amanda L. Izzo and Benjamin Looker

Published Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 539 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Editors' introduction. Building progressive social movements in St. Louis : contexts, crises, and coalitions / Amanda L. Izzo and Benjamin Looker -- Generational activism and civil rights organizing in St. Louis / Heidi Ardizzone -- The St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey and women's environmental activism / Luke Ritter -- The gospel of the gay ghetto : Trinity Episcopal Church, the urban crisis, and the origins of queer activism in St. Louis / Ian Darnell -- Black power on the ground : continuity and rupture in St. Louis / Clarence Lang -- Surveillance and subversion of student activists, 1967-1970 : standoff in St. Louis / Nina Gilden Seavey -- The saga of Howard Mechanic / Carl Boggs -- "Whacking the elephant where it hurts" : the Veiled Prophet Organization, ACTION, and economic justice in St. Louis, 1965-1980 / Thomas M. Spencer -- "The seed time of gay rights" : Rev. Carol Cureton, the Metropolitan Community Church, and gay St. Louis, 1969-1980 / Rodney Wilson -- The limits of middle-class activism : neighborhood organizing in St. Louis / Susanne Cowan -- "We were on a mission" : feminist activism in St. Louis in the 1960s and 1970s / Gretchen Arnold and Ilene Ordower -- Is Ivory Perry an environmentalist (and does it matter)? / Rob Gioielli -- "Save Homer G. Phillips and all public hospitals" : African American grassroots activism and the decline of municipal public healthcare in St. Louis / Ezelle Sanford III -- "Together we can make a safe home" : space, violence, and lesbian organizing in 1970s St. Louis / Mary Maxfield -- The time is now : mass defense, coalitional solidarity, and the St. Louis chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression / Keona K. Ervin -- Where it took place : mapping 'Left in the Midwest' / Monica Duwel and Elizabeth Eikmann Summary "The goal of this volume is to bundle together for contemporary audiences a set of illuminating scholarly contributions-both previously published and freshly written-that together explore the wide range of progressive activist movements that took root in a single Midwestern city during the 1960s and 1970s. No existing publication puts into conversation examinations of such a broad collection of St. Louis organizing initiatives during this time period"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2022) Subject Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century Social movements -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century Social justice -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements Progressivism (United States politics) Social conditions Social justice Social movements SUBJECT Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 20th century Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Missouri -- Saint Louis Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Izzo, Amanda L., 1977- editor. Looker, Benjamin, 1978- editor. LC no. 2022013709 ISBN 0826274803 9780826274809

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