This never-before-published autobiography of Meta Berger (1873-1944) describes her transformation from a reticent young housewife to an outspoken advocate for socialism, public education, women's rights, and peace. A daughter of German immigrants and the wife of Victor Berger -- a Socialist Party leader, newspaper editor, and U.S. congressman from Milwaukee -- Meta writes movingly of her husband's plight and her own during World War I, when his antiwar activism led to conviction under the Espionage Act and exclusion from Congress. Berger was one of the first women on the Milwaukee school board and on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Berger, Meta
ISBN: 9780870203220
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.97 x 0.48
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Year: 2000

Milwaukee Woman's Life on the Left: The Autobiography of Meta Berger

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