Red Scare Politics and the Suppression of Popular Front Feminism: The Loyalty Investigation of Mary Dublin Keyserling

Red Scare Politics and the Suppression of Popular Front Feminism: The Loyalty Investigation of Mary Dublin Keyserling

Storrs presents a reconstruction of the story of Mary Dublin Keyserling's loyalty investigations and the activism that triggered it. Accusations of Communism prevented female experts and activists, including Mary Dublin Keyserling, from exerting their distinctive influence on behalf of the comp...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2003-09, Vol.90 (2), p.491-524
1. Verfasser: Storrs, Landon R. Y.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Activism
Anticommunism
Commerce
Communism
Communist parties
Feminism
Friedan, Betty
Investigations
Keyserling, Mary Dublin
Left wing politics
Liberalism
New Deal
Politics
Socialism
United States history
Womens rights movements
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Zusammenfassung:Storrs presents a reconstruction of the story of Mary Dublin Keyserling's loyalty investigations and the activism that triggered it. Accusations of Communism prevented female experts and activists, including Mary Dublin Keyserling, from exerting their distinctive influence on behalf of the comprehensive welfare state they believed essential to the women's emancipation as well as stunting the democratic potential of the New Deal.
ISSN:0021-8723
1945-2314
1936-0967
DOI:10.2307/3659442