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- Character Is Destiny: The Autobiography of Alice Salomon
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- 2010
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- Series: Social History, Popular Culture, and Pol
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In her autobiography, the remarkable feminist and social worker Alice Salomon recounts her transition in the 1890s from privileged idleness to energetic engagement in solving social problems. Salomon took the lead in establishing the profession of social work, and built a career as a social reformer, activist, and educator. A prolific author, Salomon also played a key role in the transatlantic dialogue between German and American feminists in the early twentieth century. Her narrative concludes with the account of her expulsion from Germany by the Nazis in 1937.
Salomon's formative influence on the field of social work makes her story crucial for the history of the discipline. This work will also appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the feminist and socialist movements or the political and social history of twentieth-century Germany. The volume also includes several of Salomon's essays on social work and women's issues, along with photographs of Salomon, her students, and her colleagues.
Andrew Lees is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Rutgers University, Camden.
Table of Contents
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- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- Character Is Destiny
- 1. A Child with a Garden, 1872–1889
- pp. 11-23
- 2. Apprenticeship, 1893–1899
- pp. 24-36
- 3. Widening Horizon
- pp. 37-47
- 4. London–Berlin
- pp. 48-60
- 8. Brief Harvest before the Storm
- pp. 89-100
- 9. “The Evidence of Things Not Seen”: 1914
- pp. 101-104
- 10. Patriotism Is Not Enough, 1914–1916
- pp. 105-111
- 11. In the War Office, 1917–1919
- pp. 112-120
- 16. The Golden Ring of Friendship
- pp. 165-172
- 17. The Stream of Lava
- pp. 173-180
- 18. The Mystery of Individual Adjustments
- pp. 181-187
- 19. A Spy Stands behind You
- pp. 188-190
- 20. Exit Modern Woman
- pp. 191-200
- 21. The Strong and the Weak
- pp. 201-221
- 22. God and Caesar
- pp. 209-213
- 23. The Pastors . . . Martin Niem
- pp. 214-219
- 24. New Lease on Life
- pp. 220-229
- Appendix B. The Revolution of the Mother
- pp. 239-245
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472025107
Related ISBN(s)
9780472113675
MARC Record
OCLC
613192829
Pages
276
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No