Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life by Amy Aronson (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Crystal Eastman by Amy Aronson The first biography of Crystal Eastman, this book tells the story of one of the most prominent social justice activists of the twentieth century. A founder of the ACLU, Eastman helped to shape the defining movements of the modern era--labor, feminism, peace, and free speech. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 1910, Crystal Eastman was one of the most conspicuous progressive reformers in America. By the 1920s, her ardent suffragism, insistent anti-militarism, gregarious internationalism, and uncompromising feminism branded her "the most dangerous woman in America" and led to her exile in England. Yet a century later, her legacy in shaping several defining movements of the modern era--labor, feminism, free speech, peace--is unquestioned.A founderof the ACLU and Womans Peace Party, Eastman was a key player in a constellation of high-stakes public battles from the very beginning of her career. She first found employment investigating laborconditions--an endeavor that would produce her iconic publication, Work Accidents and the Law, a catalyst for the first workers compensation law. She would go on to fight for the rights of women, penning the Equal Rights Amendment with Alice Paul. As a pacifist in the First World War era, she helped to found the Civil Liberties Bureau, which evolved into the ACLU. With her brother, the writer Max Eastman, she frequented the radical, socialist circles of Greenwich Village. She was alsoa radical of the politics of private life, bringing attention to cutting-edge issues such as reproductive rights, wages for housework, and single motherhood by choice. As the firstbiography of Eastman, this book gives renewed voice to a woman who spoke freely and passionately in debates still raging today -- gender equality and human rights, nationalism and globalization, political censorship and media control, worker benefits and family balance, and the monumental questions of war, sovereignty, and freedom. Author Biography Amy Aronson is Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Fordham University. Formerly an editor at Working Woman and Ms., she now serves as an editor for Media History. She is the author of Taking Liberties: Early American Womens Magazines and Their Readers. Table of Contents Introduction: Searching for Crystal Eastman1. Origins2. Discovering Crystal3. Embarking: The Pittsburgh Survey, Workers Compensation and the First Blush of Fame4. The Federal Case for Woman Suffrage5. Radical Pacifist6. Agonizing Dilemmas and the March Toward War7. From Protest to Dissent: Wartime Activism and the Founding of the ACLU8. Regrouping: The Liberator Years9. Passages: Feminism, Journalism and the Transatlantic Twenties10. "Marriage Under Two Roofs": Feminism and Family Life11. Coming HomeEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex Review "An overdue biography of an influential suffragist, pacifist, and civil libertarian... Aronson leaves no doubt that Eastman was an inspiring figure who deserves the renewed attention that the book should bring." - Kirkus"In Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life, Amy Aronson has given us the great gift of a best friend we didnt know. Feminist, journalist, lawyer, friend of workers and enemy of militarists, Crystal Eastman may have been born a century too soon, but she is re-born now just when we need her most." - Gloria Steinem"Eastmans work and its challenges feel sharply relevant to todays changing world, and this engaging and careful biography will appeal to activists and students of history alike." - Booklist"Crystal Eastman, founding mother of the ACLU, also played a starring role in early twentieth century battles for womens suffrage and equality, pacifism, internationalism, laborers rights and safety, socialism, and economic equality. She founded and ran multiple influential organizations, often simultaneously, and was viewed by her contemporaries as personally and professionally stunning. But until Amy Aronsons meticulously researched and masterfulbiography, only glimpses of Eastmans life and work were publicly available. Aronsons perceptive and sympathetic portrait finally enables us to see the magnitude of this enchanting revolutionary who - due toher gender - was practically erased by history for many decades. At a time when we are being pressured to reduce ourselves to stereotypes and sound bites, Aronson offers us a role model of a woman who refused to be pigeonholed and who insisted on living as well as fighting for her principles." - Susan Herman, president, ACLU"Amy Aronsons thoroughly researched biography of pioneering visionary and activist Crystal Eastman is a splendid guide across the most urgent and ongoing issues of the 20th century. Feminist socialist pacifist, attorney journalist publisher, bridge builder and movement creator, Crystal Eastmans commitment to global understanding engendered the American Civil Liberties Union and the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. Everyone concerned aboutpeace, freedom, womens rights and human rights will be fortified by this important work." - Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt (3 vols.) and editor, Crystal Eastman on Women & Revolution"This is the beautifully written and brilliantly incisive life story of one of the most influential and inspiring women in US historyDLwhose name few people know. Thanks to Amy Aronson, Crystal Eastman now has the biography that sheDLand weDLdeserve." - Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 and Professor of History, Georgetown University"Crystal Eastman once described herself as a militant idealist who aspired to nothing less than global social justice. Aronsons well researched, lucidly narrated, and highly engaging biography examines the life of this consummate activist who struggled to unite the personal and public aspects of her politics." - Mari Jo Buhle, William R. Kenan Jr. University Professor, Brown University"Aronson... focuses on Eastmans activism as a lens through which to illuminate cultural issues that resonate today... This meticulously researched book shines." - Library Journal"Crystal Eastmans life was, as Ms. Aronson claims, revolutionary... Her passion sometimes worked against her, but a reader finishes this book feeling less sad for her than grateful to her biographer for capturing the whole of this noble, crazy, glorious life." - Wall Street Journal Promotional The first biography of Crystal Eastman, social justice pioneer and a founder of the ACLU Long Description In 1910, Crystal Eastman was one of the most conspicuous progressive reformers in America. By the 1920s, her ardent suffragism, insistent anti-militarism, gregarious internationalism, and uncompromising feminism branded her "the most dangerous woman in America" and led to her exile in England. Yet a century later, her legacy in shaping several defining movements of the modern era--labor, feminism, free speech, peace--is unquestioned.A founderof the ACLU and Womans Peace Party, Eastman was a key player in a constellation of high-stakes public battles from the very beginning of her career. She first found employment investigating laborconditions--an endeavor that would produce her iconic publication, Work Accidents and the Law, a catalyst for the first workers compensation law. She would go on to fight for the rights of women, penning the Equal Rights Amendment with Alice Paul. As a pacifist in the First World War era, she helped to found the Civil Liberties Bureau, which evolved into the ACLU. With her brother, the writer Max Eastman, she frequented the radical, socialist circles of Greenwich Village. She was alsoa radical of the politics of private life, bringing attention to cutting-edge issues such as reproductive rights, wages for housework, and single motherhood by choice. As the firstbiography of Eastman, this book gives renewed voice to a woman who spoke freely and passionately in debates still raging today -- gender equality and human rights, nationalism and globalization, political censorship and media control, worker benefits and family balance, and the monumental questions of war, sovereignty, and freedom. Review Text "An overdue biography of an influential suffragist, pacifist, and civil libertarian... Aronson leaves no doubt that Eastman was an inspiring figure who deserves the renewed attention that the book should bring." - Kirkus"In Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life, Amy Aronson has given us the great gift of a best friend we didnt know. Feminist, journalist, lawyer, friend of workers and enemy of militarists, Crystal Eastman may have been born a century too soon, but she is re-born now just when we need her most." - Gloria Steinem"Eastmans work and its challenges feel sharply relevant to todays changing world, and this engaging and careful biography will appeal to activists and students of history alike." - Booklist"Crystal Eastman, founding mother of the ACLU, also played a starring role in early twentieth century battles for womens suffrage and equality, pacifism, internationalism, laborers rights and safety, socialism, and economic equality. She founded and ran multiple influential organizations, often simultaneously, and was viewed by her contemporaries as personally and professionally stunning. But until Amy Aronsons meticulously researched and masterfulbiography, only glimpses of Eastmans life and work were publicly available. Aronsons perceptive and sympathetic portrait finally enables us to see the magnitude of this enchanting revolutionary who - due toher gender - was practically erased by history for many decades. At a time when we are being pressured to reduce ourselves to stereotypes and sound bites, Aronson offers us a role model of a woman who refused to be pigeonholed and who insisted on living as well as fighting for her principles." - Susan Herman, president, ACLU"Amy Aronsons thoroughly researched biography of pioneering visionary and activist Crystal Eastman is a splendid guide across the most urgent and ongoing issues of the 20th century. Feminist socialist pacifist, attorney journalist publisher, bridge builder and movement creator, Crystal Eastmans commitment to global understanding engendered the American Civil Liberties Union and the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. Everyone concerned aboutpeace, freedom, womens rights and human rights will be fortified by this important work." - Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt (3 vols.) and editor, Crystal Eastman on Women & Revolution"This is the beautifully written and brilliantly incisive life story of one of the most influential and inspiring women in US historyDLwhose name few people know. Thanks to Amy Aronson, Crystal Eastman now has the biography that sheDLand weDLdeserve." - Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 and Professor of History, Georgetown University"Crystal Eastman once described herself as a militant idealist who aspired to nothing less than global social justice. Aronsons well researched, lucidly narrated, and highly engaging biography examines the life of this consummate activist who struggled to unite the personal and public aspects of her politics." - Mari Jo Buhle, William R. Kenan Jr. University Professor, Brown University"Aronson... focuses on Eastmans activism as a lens through which to illuminate cultural issues that resonate today... This meticulously researched book shines." - Library Journal"Crystal Eastmans life was, as Ms. Aronson claims, revolutionary... Her passion sometimes worked against her, but a reader finishes this book feeling less sad for her than grateful to her biographer for capturing the whole of this noble, crazy, glorious life." - Wall Street Journal Review Quote "An overdue biography of an influential suffragist, pacifist, and civil libertarian... Aronson leaves no doubt that Eastman was an inspiring figure who deserves the renewed attention that the book should bring." - Kirkus "In Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life, Amy Aronson has given us the great gift of a best friend we didnt know. Feminist, journalist, lawyer, friend of workers and enemy of militarists, Crystal Eastman may have been born a century too soon, but she is re-born now just when we need her most." - Gloria Steinem "Eastmans work and its challenges feel sharply relevant to todays changing world, and this engaging and careful biography will appeal to activists and students of history alike." - Booklist "Crystal Eastman, founding mother of the ACLU, also played a starring role in early twentieth century battles for womens suffrage and equality, pacifism, internationalism, laborers rights and safety, socialism, and economic equality. She founded and ran multiple influential organizations, often simultaneously, and was viewed by her contemporaries as personally and professionally stunning. But until Amy Aronsons meticulously researched and masterful biography, only glimpses of Eastmans life and work were publicly available. Aronsons perceptive and sympathetic portrait finally enables us to see the magnitude of this enchanting revolutionary who - due to her gender - was practically erased by history for many decades. At a time when we are being pressured to reduce ourselves to stereotypes and sound bites, Aronson offers us a role model of a woman who refused to be pigeonholed and who insisted on living as well as fighting for her principles." - Susan Herman, president, ACLU "Amy Aronsons thoroughly researched biography of pioneering visionary and activist Crystal Eastman is a splendid guide across the most urgent and ongoing issues of the 20th century. Feminist socialist pacifist, attorney journalist publisher, bridge builder and movement creator, Crystal Eastmans commitment to global understanding engendered the American Civil Liberties Union and the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom. Everyone concerned about peace, freedom, womens rights and human rights will be fortified by this important work." - Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt (3 vols.) and editor, Crystal Eastman on Women & Revolution "This is the beautifully written and brilliantly incisive life story of one of the most influential and inspiring women in US historywhose name few people know. Thanks to Amy Aronson, Crystal Eastman now has the biography that sheand wedeserve." - Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 and Professor of History, Georgetown University "Crystal Eastman once described herself as a militant idealist who aspired to nothing less than global social justice. Aronsons well researched, lucidly narrated, and highly engaging biography examines the life of this consummate activist who struggled to unite the personal and public aspects of her politics." - Mari Jo Buhle, William R. Kenan Jr. University Professor, Brown University "Aronson... focuses on Eastmans activism as a lens through which to illuminate cultural issues that resonate today... This meticulously researched book shines." - Library Journal "Crystal Eastmans life was, as Ms. Aronson claims, revolutionary... Her passion sometimes worked against her, but a reader finishes this book feeling less sad for her than grateful to her biographer for capturing the whole of this noble, crazy, glorious life." - Wall Street Journal Feature Selling point: First full-length biography of Crystal Eastman, one of the most prominent social justice figures of the twentieth centurySelling point: Draws from newly-discovered materials, including unpublished manuscripts, rare speeches, and political strategy memosSelling point: Provides context for todays most urgent political, social, and cultural debates Details ISBN0199948739 Author Amy Aronson Publisher Oxford University Press Inc ISBN-10 0199948739 ISBN-13 9780199948734 Format Hardcover Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Subtitle A Revolutionary Life Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Position Executive Vice President Affiliation Executive Vice President, Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) Short Title Crystal Eastman Language English Year 2020 Publication Date 2020-01-09 UK Release Date 2020-01-09 AU Release Date 2020-01-09 NZ Release Date 2020-01-09 US Release Date 2020-01-09 Illustrations 12 halftones Edited by Bonnie B. 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