A World Without War: How U.S. Feminists and Pacifists Resisted World War I

by Frances H. Early

Book Overview

Focusing on the lives and deeds of Frances Witherspoon and Tracy Mygatt, and the activities of the New York Bureau of Legal Advice, the author traces the connection between feminist antiwar activism... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627645
• ISBN13: 9780815627647
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Enlightening and inspiring.

Frances Early has brought to life a number of peace activists from the World War One era in the United States. Their defence of civil liberties in a time of state repression and war hysteria provides a valuable lesson in following one's principles. It is a book that will satisfy the scholar and intrigue the non-academic reader.