Thyra J. Edwards

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Thyra J. Edwards
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Publisher : University of Missouri Press
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ISBN-10 : 9780826219121
ISBN-13 : 0826219128
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Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "The Spirit of Aframerican Womanhood"--1. Texas Roots of Rebellion under the Chinaberry Tree -- 2. Social Work and Racial Uplift in Gary, Indiana -- 3. Getting a Labor Education in Illinois, New York, and Denmark -- 4. Chain Smoking and Thinking "Black" from Red Square to Nazi Germany -- 5. Building a Popular Front in Chicago -- 6. Conducting Educational Travel Seminars to Europe -- 7. With Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War -- 8. With Health Problems and Spanish Loyalist Refugees in Mexico -- 9. The Double V Years and Marriage in New York City -- 10. The Final Years in Italy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index


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