Relentless Reformer: Josephine Roche and Progressivism in Twentieth-Century America

by Robyn Muncy

Book Overview

Josephine Roche (1886-1976) was a progressive activist, New Deal policymaker, and businesswoman. As a pro-labor and feminist member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, she shaped the founding legislation of the U.S. welfare state and generated the national conversation about health-care policy that Americans are still having today. In this gripping biography, Robyn Muncy offers Roche's persistent progressivism as evidence for surprising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173524
• ISBN13: 9780691173528
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"