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Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy Jean Bethke Elshtain "Jane Addams is synonymous in the American imagination with Hull-House, the legendary Chicago institution she founded, and from which she helped a generation of poor immigrants carve new lives for th… OL891980W
Public Man, Private Woman Public Man, Private Woman Jean Bethke Elshtain Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world—the political sphere domi… OL891981W
Women and war Women and war Jean Bethke Elshtain From the Publisher: Jean Elshtain examines how the myths of Man as "Just Warrior" and Woman as "Beautiful Soul" serve to recreate and secure women's social position as noncombatants and men's identit… OL891982W