Leave the dishes in the sink adventures of an activist in conservative Utah
Alison Thorne provides a small-town Utah perspective on the progressive social movements that in the mid to late twentieth century dramatically affected American society. A born activist, Thorne has fought for women's rights, educational reform in public schools and universities, the environmen...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
c2002.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430344206719 |
Sumario: | Alison Thorne provides a small-town Utah perspective on the progressive social movements that in the mid to late twentieth century dramatically affected American society. A born activist, Thorne has fought for women's rights, educational reform in public schools and universities, the environment, peace, and the war on poverty. Her efforts have been all the more challenging because of the conservative social and cultural environment in which she has undertaken them. Yet, Thorne, who has deep personal and familial roots in the politically conservative and predominantly Mormon culture of Uta |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (295 pages) : digital file(s) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-273) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781283266888 9786613266880 9780874214628 |