Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution

by Alan Dawley

Book Overview

In May of 1919, women from around the world gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, and proclaimed, "We dedicate ourselves to peace!" Just months after the end of World War I, the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom--a group led by American progressive Jane Addams and comprising veteran campaigners for social reform--knew that a peaceful world was essential to their ongoing quest for social and economic justice.

Alan Dawley tells...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691122350
• ISBN13: 9780691122359
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.9"