Introduction; 1 Pathways to Chicago; 2 White City, Gray City; 3 Scientists of Society; 4 "The Thing for Which You Are Well Fitted"; 5 "A Most Scientific Institution"; 6 "If Sex Could Be Eliminated"; 7 "The School Is Yours"; Epilogue; Notes; Index
Summary
This book examines the lives and careers of four American women--Sophonisba Breckinridge, Edith Abbott, Katharine Bement Davis, and Frances Kellor--who played decisive roles in early twentieth-century reform crusades. Breckinridge and Abbott used their educations in political science and political economy to expose the tragic conditions endured by the urban poor. Davis became the first superintendent of the New York State Reformatory at Bedford Hills and was a leading figure in prison reform. Kellor's sociological training gained her admittance to the smoke-filled rooms of national party polit
