Freda Kirchwey: A Woman of the Nation

by Sara Alpern

Freda Kirchwey--writer, editor, publisher, opinionmaker, feminist, wife, and mother--was a salient figure in twentieth-century America, a beacon for liberals and activists of her era. A journalist with The Nation from 1918 to 1955--owner, editor, and publisher after 1937--she was an advocate of advanced ideas about sexual freedom and birth control and a tireless foe of fascism. The quintessential new woman, she combined a private and highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674318285
• ISBN13: 9780674318281
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.6"