The Women's Joint Congressional Committee and the Politics of Maternalism, 1920-30

by Jan Doolittle Wilson

The rise and fall of a feminist reform powerhouse

Jan Doolittle Wilson offers the first comprehensive history of the umbrella organization founded by former suffrage leaders in order to coordinate activities around women's reform. Encompassing nearly every major national women's organization of its time, the Women's Joint Congressional Committee (WJCC) evolved into a powerful lobbying force for the legislative agendas of more than twelve...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031679
• ISBN13: 9780252031670
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"