{"product_id":"seeing-with-their-hearts-chicago-women-and-the-vision-of-the-good-city-18711933-9780691095394","title":"Seeing with Their Hearts: Chicago Women and the Vision of the Good City  1871-1933","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the last century  as industrialists and workers made Chicago the hardworking City of Big Shoulders celebrated by Carl Sandburg  Chicago women articulated an alternative City of Homes in which the welfare of residents would be the municipal governments principal purpose. Seeing With Their Hearts traces the formation of this vision from the relief efforts following the Chicago fire of 1871 through the many political battles of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. In the process  it presses a new understanding of the roles of women in public life and writes a new history of urban America.  Heeding the call of activist Louise de Koven Bowen to become third-class passengers on the train of life  thousands of women \"put their shoulders to the wheel and their whole hearts into the work\" of fighting for better education  worker protections  clean air and water  building safety  health care  and womens suffrage. Though several well-known activists appeared frequently in these initiatives  Maureen Flanagan offers compelling evidence that women established a broad and durable solidarity that spanned differences of race  class  and political experience. She also shows that these women--emphasizing their common identity as women seeking a city amenable to the needs of women  children  families  and homes--pursued a vision and goals distinct from the reform agenda of Progressive male activists. They fought hard and sometimes successfully in a variety of public places and sites of power  winning victories from increased political clout and prenatal care to municipal garbage collection and pasteurized milk.  While telling the fascinating and in some cases previously untold stories of women activists during Chicagos formative period  this book fundamentally recasts urban social and political history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647245738037,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691095396","price":31.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691095394.jpg?v=1781690598","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/seeing-with-their-hearts-chicago-women-and-the-vision-of-the-good-city-18711933-9780691095394","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}