Synopses & Reviews
This book offers a oral history of pro-life direct activism in America from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it. She offers a unique view of the minds of individual protestors and an important account of the direct action movement--as its initial commitment to Ghandian non-violence was broken down by the lethal acts that accompanied its end.
Review
"...a book that offers much that students of movements in all disciplines will find useful." Mobilization, Myra Max Ferree
Synopsis
Maxwell offers an oral history of pro-life activism in America from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it.
Synopsis
An oral history of pro-life direct activism from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
Table of Contents
1. 2. Pro-life direct action in St. Louis: an oral history; 3. Moral mosaic: variations in the sources of commitment; 4. Coping with bereavement through activism: real grief, imagined death, and pseudo-mourning among pro-life direct activists; 5. Abortion experiences: personal quests and group confirmation; 6. Pro-life 'conviction'; 7. Correlations of persistence: a qualitative analysis; 8. Gender differences; 9. Structure and motivation.