Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Arts and Humanities Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

History

West Chester University

History Faculty Publications

Series

2017

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

The Meaning Of Resilience: Soviet Children In World War Ii, Lisa Kirschenbaum Apr 2017

The Meaning Of Resilience: Soviet Children In World War Ii, Lisa Kirschenbaum

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Religion Around Emily Dickinson, By W. Clark Gilpin (Book Review), Karin Gedge Jan 2017

Religion Around Emily Dickinson, By W. Clark Gilpin (Book Review), Karin Gedge

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Man Question: How Bolshevik Masculinity Shaped International Communism, Lisa A. Kirschenbaum Jan 2017

The Man Question: How Bolshevik Masculinity Shaped International Communism, Lisa A. Kirschenbaum

History Faculty Publications

It was a communist romance. In 1923, Croatian American communist Steve Nelson (born Stjepan Mesarsoš) met Margaret Yeager, the daughter of ‘radical’ German immigrants, at the Communist Party office in Pittsburgh. As Nelson recalled in his 1981 memoir, ‘everything happened’ very quickly, and the two married the same year. Both understood that Yeager, the ‘better educated’ and ‘more sophisticated’ of the two, would not accept a ‘passive role’ in the relationship. Indeed her mother gave the nineteen-year-old bridegroom a copy of August Bebel’s Woman and Socialism as a wedding gift. Nonetheless, they soon took on stereotypical roles. He became an …