McCarthyism in the suburbs : Quakers, communists, and the children's librarian /

This study examines the effects of McCarthyism and anti-communist investigations at the local level. The author uses the case of Mary Knowles, a librarian who was investigated in the 1950s for alleged communist sympathies, to analyze how communities, local officials and ordinary people were impacted...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hepler, Allison
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2018]
Subjects:	Knowles, Mary, > 1910-1997 Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century. Loyalty oaths > United States > History > 20th century. Quakers > Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents:

The children's librarian and the Samuel Adams School
Anti-communism in Massachusetts
The Fifth Amendment in Norwood, Massachusetts
Loyalty oaths, libraries, and Quakers in Pennsylvania
Public funding for the local library
"Citizens for Philbrick" anti-communist campaign to fire the librarian
Fund for the republic
Contempt of Congress
National scrutiny
Quakers and the House Un-American Activities Committee
Legal and moral victories.