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Working Americans Vol. 7: Social Movements

Table of Contents

Preface




Introduction




Table of Contents




Dedication




Acknowledgements




1880–1899 Introduction




1894 Profile Child Welfare: The Orphan Train




Historical Snapshot 1894




1896 Profile Women’S Health: The Anti-Corset Campaign




Historical Snapshot 1896




1898 News Feature: “The Child’s Dearest Playmate”




1898 Profile: Labor: The Children’S Jacketmakers’ Strike




Historical Snapshot 1898




1900–1909 Introduction




1901 Profile: Health: The Anti-Cigaret League of America




Historical Snapshot 1901




1904 Profile: Health: The Pure Food and Drug Act




Historical Snapshot 1904




1905 Profile: The Environment: Plume Hunting




Historical Snapshot 1905




1907 News Feature: “The Automobile in America”




1910–1919 Introduction




1912 Profile: Suffrage: The Kansas Campaign




Historical Snapshot 1912




1917 Profile: Civil Rights: Anti-Lynching Silent Protest Parade




Historical Snapshot 1917




1913 News Feature: “A Strike and Its Remedies, the Conditions Rebelled Against”




1919 Profile: Health: Preventing Another Influenza Epidemic




Historical Snapshot 1919




1920–1929 Introduction




1921 Profile: Women’s Rights: The Distribution of Birth Control Literature




Historical Snapshot 1921




1923 Profile: Immigration: America For Americans




Historical Snapshot 1923




1928 Profile: Censorship: Purity For Silent Films




Historical Snapshot 1928




1929 News Feature: “Beware Big City’s Glamouring Lure …”




1930–1939 Introduction




1932 Profile: Racism: The Scottsboro Case




Historical Snapshot 1932




1933 Profile: Property Rights: Taking Charge of the Land




Historical Snapshot 1933




1937 Profile: Prohibition: The Fight To Make America Liquor Free




Historical Snapshot 1937




1939 News Feature: “Talk About Trouble: A New Deal Portrait of Americans in the Depression”




1940–1949 Introduction




1943 Profile: Civil Liberties: Internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans




Historical Snapshot 1943




1946 Profile: Civil Rights: Desegregating The Military




Historical Snapshot 1946




1947 Profile: International Aid: Helping Polish Jews




Historical Snapshot 1947




1947 News Feature: “Hold Fast! Ye Southern Textile Workers”




1950–1959 Introduction




1954 Profile: Freedom of the Press: Banning Comic Books




Historical Snapshot 1954




1956 Profile: The Environment: Preserving The National Parks System




Historical Snapshot 1956




1956 News Feature: “Desegregation Will Fail”




1959 Profile: Labor: The New York Hospital Workers Strike




Historical Snapshot 1959




1960–1969 Introduction




1965 Profile: Civil Rights: Selma, Alabama, Awakens America




Historical Snapshot 1965




1966 Profile: Religion: Banning the Beatles




Historical Snapshot 1966




1968 News Feature: “Woman as Child … Notes from the First Year”




1969 Profile: Native American Rights: Fishing Rights




Historical Snapshot 1969




1970–1979 Introduction




1970 Profile: The Environment: The First Earth Day




Historical Snapshot 19710




1971 Profile: The Peace Movement: Vietnam Vets Against the War




Historical Snapshot 1971




1971 News Feature: “Interfaith Reporter”




1977 Profile: Refugees: Caring for the Boat People




Historical Snapshot 1977




1980–1989 Introduction




1983 Profile: The Environment: Anti Nuclear Power Plant




Historical Snapshot 1983




1983 News Feature: “Charity Begins with the Homeless”




1986 Profile: The Environment: Spotted White Owl Conservation




Historical Snapshot 1988




1989 Profile: Human Rights: Anti Abortion Protest




Historical Snapshot 1989




1990–2006 Introduction




1992 Profile: Handicap Access: The Disability Act




Historical Snapshot 1992




1996 Profile: Labor: The Immigrant’s Strike




Historical Snapshot 1996




2000 Profile: Religion: School Prayer




Historical Snapshot 2000




2004 Profile: Women’s Rights: Title IX




Historical Snapshot 2004




2006 News Feature: “Granny Power Takes on the Iraq War”