Always A Sister: The Feminism of Lillian D. Wald - Hardcover

Daniels, Doris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0935312900 ISBN 13: 9780935312904

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1989

Synopsis

Traces the life of the founder of the Visiting Nurse Service and the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, and looks at the influence of her feminist beliefs

About this title

About the Author:

Doris Groshen Daniels is a professor emerita of history and political science at Nassau Community College, New York.

From Publishers Weekly:

Pioneer nurse, social reformer, founder of the Henry Street Settlement on New York's Lower East Side, Lillian Wald (1867-1940) is usually associated with "do-gooders" like Jane Addams, so Daniels's attempt to interpret her achievements in the context of her feminism is welcome. As it is revealed in this admiring biography, however, Wald's feminism was largely instinctive and unsystematic and secondary to her commitment to other causes. In an age before public funding, she courted the wealthy and powerful, made herself a consultant to Tammany Hall. To attract donations or win converts to the cause of female suffrage, the Cincinnati-born dynamo frequently denied or soft-pedaled her feminist beliefs. Daniels, a professor at Nassau Community College in New York, tracks Wald's participation in numerous issues--rights of working women, trade unionism, disarmament, the campaign against child labor, etc. She denies claims that Wald was a lesbian, viewing her more as a mother figure to nurses and lay workers. Photos.
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About this edition

• Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0935312900
• ISBN 13: 9780935312904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300