Transition from Artistic Dilettante to Political Activist

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The chapter delves into the transformation of a woman from being focused on merging ideas for a wide audience to actively engaging in political movements for practical implementation. It highlights her shift from a passive stance on societal progress in her relationship with Louis Mumford to a more politically involved role with activist Oscar Stonerom, advocating for better housing options through organized groups.

Featuring Gail Radford on her classic book Modern Housing for America: Policy Struggles in the New Deal Era. Radford tells the story of Catherine Bauer, the Labor Housing Conference, and the struggle to make the American housing system a radically social one. In place of the two-tier system that won out, Bauer and her allies proposed a massive federally-backed system of noncommercial housing that would appeal to and house the majority of Americans. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917) by Eric Blanc haymarketbooks.org/books/1907-revolutionary-social-democracy