Title Leave the dishes in the sink : adventures of an activist in conservative Utah / Alison Comish Thorne

Published Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) : illustrations Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE Contents Foreword / F. Ross Peterson -- Introduction -- Growing Up in the 1920s -- The Progressive movement -- The Great Depression and College Years -- Producing Children and Books: The 1940s -- Search for Values -- Conformity and Creativity -- Social Justice: The 1960sFeminist Straws in the Wind -- Activism in the 1970s -- The Women's Movement at Utah State University -- The Widening Reach of the Women's Movement -- The University, Women, and History -- Gathering up Loose Ends -- Appendix: The Life and Career of Wynne Thorne -- Postscript: What Became of the Children? Summary Alison Thorne provides a small-town Utah perspective on the progressive social movements that in the mid to late twentieth century dramatically affected American society. A born activist, Thorne has fought for women's rights, educational reform in public schools and universities, the environment, peace, and the war on poverty Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-273) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Thorne, Alison Comish. SUBJECT Thorne, Alison Comish Thorne, Alison Comish fast Subject College teachers -- Utah -- Biography Women college teachers -- Utah -- Biography Feminism and education -- Utah EDUCATION -- Higher. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. College teachers Feminism and education Women college teachers Utah Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 0874214629 9780874214628 0874214394 9780874214390 1283266881 9781283266888 9786613266880 6613266884

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