- 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
Unmoored during Wartime, 1939–1945
Unmoored during Wartime, 1939–1945
- Chapter:
- (p.193) Chapter 12 Unmoored during Wartime, 1939–1945
- Source:
- Relentless Reformer
- Author(s):
Robyn Muncy
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
This chapter details events in Josephine Roche's life from 1939 to 1945. World War II created new difficulties for Roche with Franklin D. Roosevelt. As during World War I, U.S. involvement in this new global conflict funneled fresh resources to both progressives and their opponents, leaving the outcome of their competition to the postwar period. Roche's experience provided glimpses of both the war's progressive and conservative tendencies as well as the dilemmas generated within progressive souls. Difficulties at Rocky Mountain Fuel, however, gave World War II an even more discouraging cast for Roche than World War I had. Indeed, miseries fueled by her coal company eroded her connection to the Democratic Party and weakened her confidence in government as an ally in the cause of diminishing inequality. These losses set Roche slightly out of sync with the larger progressive movement and left her by war's end institutionally unmoored.
Keywords: Josephine Roche, World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, biography, Democratic Party, progressives, conservatives
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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
