{"product_id":"the-pragmatic-ideal-mark-douglas-mcgarvie-9781501762666","title":"The Pragmatic Ideal: Mary Field Parton and the Pursuit of a Progressive Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the life of a charismatic woman committed to reform, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pragmatic Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e provides an introduction to the politics that dominated the early decades of the twentieth century, ideas that are the basis for much of today's progressive thought.\u003c\/b\u003e As one of the \"new women\" who came of age during the Progressive era, Mary Field Parton, a close friend of Clarence Darrow, pursued social justice as a settlement house worker and as a leading writer on labor organizing, transforming pragmatic principles into action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Douglas McGarvie shows how, following the upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, liberals such as Mary Field Parton turned to pragmatism, hoping to generate greater social awareness from constructions of values rooted in personal experiences instead of philosophical or religious truths. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pragmatic Ideal\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how Mary Field Parton sought to expand her rights as a woman while nonetheless denigrating rights as artificial legal impediments to social progress. The issues she faced and the options she considered find important currency in the political divisions confronting Americans a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Douglas McGarvie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501762664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501762666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Mark Douglas McGarvie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988548157695,"sku":"9781501762666","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfe24cb4-10e3-4ec3-bc8d-c646b4068d1a.jpg?v=1683295068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pragmatic-ideal-mark-douglas-mcgarvie-9781501762666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}