{"product_id":"maternal-justice-estelle-b-freedman-9780226261492","title":"Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition","description":"Celebrated prison reformer Miriam Van Waters made history for her sensational battle to retain the superintendency of the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women in 1949. \u003ci\u003eMaternal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e provides a compelling biography of this early lesbian activist by moving beyond the controversy to tell the story of a remarkable woman whose success rested upon the power of her own charismatic leadership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEstelle B. Freedman draws from Van Waters's diaries, letters, and personal papers to recreate her complex personal life, unveiling the disparity between Van Waters's public persona and her agonized private soul. With the power and elegance of a novel, \u003ci\u003eMaternal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates this historical context, casting light on the social welfare tradition, on women's history, on the American feminist movement, and on the history of sexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMaternal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a work of history as it is biography, bringing to life not only a remarkable woman but also the complex political and social milieu within which she worked and lived.\"--Kelleher Jewett, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This sympathetic biography reclaims Van Waters for history.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Van Waters legacy, as Freedman gracefully presents, is that she cared about the lives of women behind bars. It is a strikingly unfashionable sentiment today.\"--Jane Meredith Adams, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editor's Recommended Selection \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This finely crafted biography is both an engrossing read and a richly complicated account of a reformer whose work . . . bridged the eras of voluntarist charitable activism and professional social service.\"--Sherri Broder, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is a sympathetic, highly personal biography, revealing of both the author's responses to her subject's life and, in considerable detail, Van Waters's family traumas, illnesses, and love affairs.\"--Elizabeth Israels Perry, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Estelle B. Freedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226261492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226261492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.28w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/1996 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1996 pg. 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1996 pg. 92","brand":"Estelle B. Freedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44761015484671,"sku":"9780226261492","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10dd0919-e8bf-4305-95e0-b735303dc78c.jpg?v=1706680133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maternal-justice-estelle-b-freedman-9780226261492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}