{"product_id":"redeemer-reformer-rebel-kathleen-waters-sander-9780813954875","title":"Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel: The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first biography of one of Virginia's greatest social reformers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dr. Kate Waller Barrett died in 1925, the governor of Virginia ordered flags to be flown at half-staff, the first time in its three-century history that the commonwealth paid such a tribute to a woman. This is the first biography of Barrett, the ardent and remarkably successful Progressive Era social reformer. Barrett's life spanned a time of seismic change in the nation and in women's lives, particularly Southern women, as they forged new identities in the changing environment of the post-Civil War years and the Progressive Era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrett rebelled against the restrictions imposed on Southern women and established her reputation as a strong-willed advocate for what many people at the time considered to be society's \"outcasts\" unwed mothers and prostitutes. She successfully combined evangelism with a maternalistic strategy that brought a uniquely feminine approach to bear on social issues affecting women and children, and her years of activism propelled her onto the national stage and earned her global recognition. President Theodore Roosevelt called her \"one of the most useful women in the United States.\" But to the women of Richmond's Butchertown slums, she was known simply as \"Mother Barrett.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Waters Sander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813954878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813954875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kathleen Waters Sander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48487437041919,"sku":"9780813954875","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53f9a06d-8969-48fd-a8ee-83cefc2f7224.jpg?v=1778060469","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/redeemer-reformer-rebel-kathleen-waters-sander-9780813954875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}