- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Part I First Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche’s Apprenticeship, 1886–1918 -
Chapter 1 Childhood in the West, Education in the East, 1886–1908 -
Chapter 2 Aspiring Feminist and Social Science Progressive, 1908–1912 -
Chapter 3 Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912–1913 -
Chapter 4 Seeking Fundamentals: The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913–1914 -
Chapter 5 “Part of It All One Must Become”: Progressive in Wartime, 1915–1918 -
Part II First Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche’s New Departures, 1919–1932 -
Chapter 6 Work and Love in a Progressive Ebb Tide, 1919–1927 -
Chapter 7 Migrating to a “Totally New Planet”: Roche Takes Over Rocky Mountain Fuel, 1927–1928 -
Chapter 8 “Prophet of a New and Wiser Social Order,” 1929–1932 -
Part III Second Burst of Progressive Reform: Height of Roche’s Renown, 1933–1948 -
Chapter 9 Working with the New Deal from Colorado, 1933–1934 -
Chapter 10 At the Center of Power: Roche in the New Deal Government, 1934–1939 -
Chapter 11 Generating a National Debate about Federal Health Policy, 1935–1939 -
Chapter 12 Unmoored during Wartime, 1939–1945 -
Chapter 13 Becoming a Cold War Liberal, 1945–1948 -
Part IV Second Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche Builds a Private Welfare System in the Coalfields, 1948–1963 -
Chapter 14 Creating “New Values, New Realities” in the Coalfields, 1948–1956 -
Chapter 15 Democratic Denials and Dissent at the Miners’ Welfare Fund, 1957–1963 -
Part V Third Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche Reclaims the Full Progressive Agenda, 1960–1976 -
Chapter 16 Challenged and Redeemed by the New Progressivism, 1960–1972 -
Chapter 17 Only Ten Minutes Left? Epilogue and Assessment - Abbreviations
- Select Primary Sources
- Index
Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912–1913
Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912–1913
- Chapter:
- (p.42) Chapter 3 Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912–1913
- Source:
- Relentless Reformer
- Author(s):
Robyn Muncy
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
This chapter details events in Josephine Roche's life from 1912 to 1913. The chance to serve as Denver's first policewoman drew Roche out of graduate school in 1912. She was thrilled to go back west. “I find a certain quality of life here that I hungered for in vain all the time I worked in New York,” she explained, “I think perhaps I can express it by saying I feel more master of myself here.” By “mastery” of herself, Roche did not refer to personal freedom, which New York offered in greater degree than Denver, but to something she craved even more than freedom. That something was power. Only months after taking the police position, Roche transformed it into a command post in the campaign against Denver's notorious political machine. As a policewoman, Roche emerged as a controversial public figure with a stomach for battle.
Keywords: Josephine Roche, Denver, policewoman, political machine, biography, power
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Part I First Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche’s Apprenticeship, 1886–1918 -
Chapter 1 Childhood in the West, Education in the East, 1886–1908 -
Chapter 2 Aspiring Feminist and Social Science Progressive, 1908–1912 -
Chapter 3 Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912–1913 -
Chapter 4 Seeking Fundamentals: The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913–1914 -
Chapter 5 “Part of It All One Must Become”: Progressive in Wartime, 1915–1918 -
Part II First Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche’s New Departures, 1919–1932 -
Chapter 6 Work and Love in a Progressive Ebb Tide, 1919–1927 -
Chapter 7 Migrating to a “Totally New Planet”: Roche Takes Over Rocky Mountain Fuel, 1927–1928 -
Chapter 8 “Prophet of a New and Wiser Social Order,” 1929–1932 -
Part III Second Burst of Progressive Reform: Height of Roche’s Renown, 1933–1948 -
Chapter 9 Working with the New Deal from Colorado, 1933–1934 -
Chapter 10 At the Center of Power: Roche in the New Deal Government, 1934–1939 -
Chapter 11 Generating a National Debate about Federal Health Policy, 1935–1939 -
Chapter 12 Unmoored during Wartime, 1939–1945 -
Chapter 13 Becoming a Cold War Liberal, 1945–1948 -
Part IV Second Temporary Reversal of Progressive Reform: Roche Builds a Private Welfare System in the Coalfields, 1948–1963 -
Chapter 14 Creating “New Values, New Realities” in the Coalfields, 1948–1956 -
Chapter 15 Democratic Denials and Dissent at the Miners’ Welfare Fund, 1957–1963 -
Part V Third Burst of Progressive Reform: Roche Reclaims the Full Progressive Agenda, 1960–1976 -
Chapter 16 Challenged and Redeemed by the New Progressivism, 1960–1972 -
Chapter 17 Only Ten Minutes Left? Epilogue and Assessment - Abbreviations
- Select Primary Sources
- Index
