The Labor Injunction, Inscribed by Frankfurter to Grace Abbott

Publication date: 1930

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. Inscribed by Frankfurter to Pioneering Social Worker Grace Abbott Frankfurter, Felix [1882-1965]. Greene, Nathan [c.1902-1964]. The Labor Injunction. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. [xii], 343 pp. 11 folding tables. Original cloth, blind frames to boards, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped, tiny tear near head of front joint. Light toning to interior, a few minor tears, creases and edgewear to tables, light browning to sections of endleaves, inscription from Frankfurter to Grace Abbott to front free endpaper. $750. * Only edition. The inscription reads: "To Grace Abbott/ With the high regards of/ Felix Frankfurter." A Nebraska native who spent most of her life in Chicago, Abbott [1878-1939] was a distinguished social worker known for her efforts to improve the lives of immigrants and children. The School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha is named in her honor. She began her career at Hull House and went on to serve as the director of the child labor division of the U.S. Children's Bureau (1917-1919) and a professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago (1934-1939). During her time at the University of Chicago she helped to draft the Social Security Act and chaired several government committees on child welfare and social issues. She and Frankfurter met as a result of his work for the National Consumers' League and on industrial relations during World War I and became closely acquainted. In a tribute to Abbott published after her death, Frankfurter characterized "the efforts of Grace Abbott as being among the most outstanding in American sociological endeavors." Frankfurter, "Grace Abbott: Social Inventor," The Child 4, no. 2 (1939): 49.…

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Title
The Labor Injunction, Inscribed by Frankfurter to Grace Abbott
Author
Frankfurter, Felix; Greene, Nathan
Publication year
1930
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930.
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