Peace And Bread In Time Of War

First published in 1922 during the Red Scare by which time Jane Addamsspacifist efforts had adversely affected her popularity as an author and socialreformer P... » 

First published in 1922 during the Red Scare by which time Jane Addamsspacifist efforts had adversely affected her popularity as an author and socialreformer Peace and Bread in Time of War is Addamss eighth book and the thirdto deal with her thoughts on pacifism.Addamss unyielding pacifism during the Great War drew criticism frompoliticians and patriots who deemed her the most dangerous woman in America.Even those who had embraced her ideals of social reform condemned her outspokenopposition to U.S. entry into World War I or were ambivalent about her peaceplatform. Turning away from the details of the war itself Addams relies onmemory and introspection in this autobiographical portrayal of efforts tosecure peace during the Great War. I found myself so increasingly reluctant tointerpret the motives of other people that at length I confined all analysis ofmotives to my own she writes. Using the narrative technique she described inThe Long Road of Womens Memory an extended musing on the roles of memory andmyth in womens lives Addams also recalls attacks by the press and defends herpolitical ideals.Katherine Joslins introduction provides additional historical context toAddamss involvement with the Womans Peace Party the Womens InternationalLeague for Peace and Freedom and her work on Herbert Hoovers campaign toprovide relief and food to women and children in wartorn enemy countries. «