Disloyal Mothers and Scurrilous Citizens

Kathleen Kennedy is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies at Western Washington University. She has published in the Journal of Women's History, Mid America, and Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.

• IntroductionChapter One: Loyal Mothers and Virtuous Citizens: Woman's Citizenship on the Eve of the ArmageddonChapter Two: Motherhood and Subversion: The Case of Kate Richards O'HareChapter Three: Liberty with Strings: The Case of Emma GoldmanChapter Four: The Venom of a Bolshevik Woman: The Case of Rose Pastor StokesChapter Five: Disorderly Conduct: Subversion and the Political WomanChapter Six: "Conduct Unbecoming": Subversion and the Professional WomanConclusionNotesBibliography

"This well argued, yet readable book, explores a range of dimensions about the workings of the state during times of war. In particular, it illustrates how discourses about patriotic womanhood could shape the kinds of political activity thought appropriate for the female sex."--June Purvis, History Today, April 2001