My parents, Ruth and Edward Brecher, were writers whose work I memorialize here. For biographical information see Wikipedia. Here is Edward Brecher’s obituary from the NEW YORK TIMES. Here is an editorial from the NEW YORK TIMES memorializing Edward Brecher’s work. Here is a listing of their books from Amazon.com. In 2019 Historian Emily Dufton wrote an article on Ruth and Edward titled “Quiet Radicals: The Life and Work of Ruth and Edward Brecher”, which can be read on the Points blog.
Ruth Ernestine Cook’s (Brecher) 1933 Swarthmore College Thesis Indian Dance Ceremonials in Modern America: A Study of Governmental Policies and Civilian Attitudes, 1921-1933 can here be read here.