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Character Is Destiny: The Autobiography of Alice Salomon
Andrew Lees, Editor
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In her autobiography, the remarkable feminist and social worker Alice Salomon recounts her transition in the 1890s from privileged idleness to energetic engagement in solving social problems. Salomon took the lead in establishing the profession of social work, and built a career as a social reformer, activist, and educator. A prolific author, Salomon also played a key role in the transatlantic dialogue between German and American feminists in the early twentieth century. Her narrative concludes with the account of her expulsion from Germany by the Nazis in 1937.
Salomon's formative influence on the field of social work makes her story crucial for the history of the discipline. This work will also appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the feminist and socialist movements or the political and social history of twentieth-century Germany. The volume also includes several of Salomon's essays on social work and women's issues, along with photographs of Salomon, her students, and her colleagues.
Andrew Lees is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Rutgers University, Camden.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. A Child with a Garden: 1872–1889
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2. Apprenticeship: 1893–1899
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3. Widening Horizon
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4. London—Berlin
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5. The Aberdeens, Scotland, Ireland: 1904–1908
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6. Two Jobs for Life I: The School for Social Work, 1907–1913
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7. Two Jobs for Life II: Officer of the International Council: Canada and First Glimpse of U.S.A.
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8. Brief Harvest before the Storm
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9. “The Evidence of Things Not Seen”: 1914
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10. Patriotism Is Not Enough: 1914–1916
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11. In the War Office: 1917–1919
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12. Fourteen Years of Democracy I: Years of Chaos, 1919–1924
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13. Fourteen Years of Democracy II: My Foreign Affairs, 1920–1933
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14. Fourteen Years of Democracy III: Social Reconstruction, 1924–1929
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15. Fourteen Years of Democracy IV: Then Came the Collapse
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16. The Golden Ring of Friendship
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17. The Stream of Lava
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18. The Mystery of Individual Adjustments
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19. A Spy Stands behind You
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20. Exit Modern Woman
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21. The Strong and the Weak
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22. God and Caesar
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23. The Pastors Martin NiemÖller
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24. New Lease on Life
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Appendix A: The Significance of the Women´s Movement for Social Life
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Appendix B: The Revolution of the Mother
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Appendix C: Preface to an Early Version of Salomon´s Autobiography
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Notes
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Published: 2004
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-11367-5 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-02510-7 (ebook)