{"product_id":"seeing-with-their-hearts-9780691095394","title":"Seeing with Their Hearts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresses an understanding of the roles of women in public life and offers a history of urban America. This book also offers evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race, class, and political experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2003 Superior Achievement Award, Illinois State Historical Society One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003 \"An important book on activist women's perspectives on the modern city... Flanagan's study will become a new model for studying urban and women's history.\"--Choice \"This is a well-written and illuminating study of women reformers in Chicago... Flanagan clearly has done extensive work with often under-utilized sources, bringing to light the world of activist women in the early twentieth-century city.\"--Elizabeth Jozwiak, H-Net Reviews \"Grounded in exhaustive research... Flanagan's book contributes to historiographical debates over urban development, municipal politics, and women's contribution to both. Women may have failed in their attempts to transform Chicago 'from the City of Big Shoulders into a City of Homes.' Flanagan, however, succeeds in telling us why.\"--Thomas Winter, Reviews in American History \"In this well-researched book with a cast of thousands, Maureen A. Flanagan accomplishes several important historiographical tasks relevant not just to Chicago history but to a larger understanding of the wellsprings of Progressive reform campaigns.\"--Mina Carson, Journal of American History \"[A] solid, deeply researched, and rewarded book.\"--Pamela Tyler, American Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix  List of Acronyms xi  Acknowledgments xiii  Introduction  City of Big Shoulders or City of Homes?  Re-envisioning Urban History 1  PART ONE: CRAFTING THE VISION  Chapter One  \"The Whole Work has been Committed to the Hands of Women\"  Women Respond to the Fire of 1871 13  Chapter Two  \"Thoughtful Women Are Needed\"  Forming Groups and Forging Alliances 31  PART TWO: EXPANDING THE VISION  Chapter Three  \"The First Thing Is to Create Public Sentiment and Then Express It at Every Opportunity\"  The Growth of Progressive Activism 55  Chapter Four  \"The Welfare of the Community Requires the Admission of Women to Full Citizenship\"  The Campaign for Municipal Suffrage, 1896-1912 73  Chapter Five  \"To Bring Together Women Interested in Promoting the Welfare of the City\"  The Expansion of Women's Municipal Work, 1910-16 85  PART THREE: CAMPAIGNING FOR THE VISION  Chapter Six  \"I Do Not Think the Husband Will Influence the Wife's Vote in Municipal Affairs\"  Women as Voters and Potential Officeholders, 1913-19 123  Chapter Seven  \"Looking Out for the Interests of the People\"  Municipal Activism through the 1920s 145  Chapter Eight  \"I Am the Only Woman on Their Entire Ticket\"  The End of an Era 175  Conclusion  Chicago Remains the City of Big Shoulders 193  Appendixes 203  Notes 219  Bibliography 287  Index 305","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403722269015,"sku":"9780691095394","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691095394.jpg?v=1730484358","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeing-with-their-hearts-9780691095394","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}