Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens

by Kennedy, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780253335654
• ISBN10: 0253335655
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780253028495
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

Kennedy's unique study explores the arrests, trials, and defenses of women charged under the Wartime Emergency Laws passed soon after the U.S. entered WWI. These trials became important arenas in which women's relationships and obligations to national security were contested and defined.

Author Biography

Kathleen Kennedy is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies at Western Washington University. She has published in the Journal of Women's History, Mid America, and Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Loyal Mothers and Virtuous Citizens: Women's Citizenship on the Eve of the Armageddon	1	(17)
Motherhood and Subversion: The Case of Kate Richards O'Hare	18	(21)
Liberty with Strings: The Case of Emma Goldman	39	(15)
The Venom of a Bolshevik Woman: The Case of Rose Pastor Stokes	54	(15)
Disorderly Conduct: Subversion and the Political Woman	69	(21)
``Conduct Unbecoming'': Subversion and the Professional Woman	90	(18)
Conclusion	108	(5)
Notes	113	(36)
Bibliography	149	(14)
Index	163