Fallen women, problem girls : unmarried mothers and the professionalization of social work, 1890-1945 /

During the first half of the twentieth century, out-of-wedlock pregnancy came to be seen as one of the most urgent and compelling problems of the day. The effort to define its meaning fueled a struggle among three groups of women: evangelical reformers who regarded unmarried mothers as fallen sister...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kunzel, Regina G., 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1993]
Colección:Yale historical publications (Unnumbered)
Temas:
Unmarried mothers > United States > History.
Maternity homes > United States > History.
Unmarried mothers > Services for > United States > History.
Mères célibataires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hôtels maternels > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mères célibataires > Services > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > General.
Maternity homes
Unmarried mothers
Unmarried mothers > Services for
Mutter-Kind-Einrichtung
Nichteheliche Mutter
Sozialarbeit
Ongehuwde moeders.
Hulpverlening.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Maternity Home Movement
  • 2. The New Experts and the "Girl Problem"
  • 3. The "Secret Sisterhood": Unmarried Mothers in Maternity Homes
  • 4. "Problem Girls": Docility and Dissidence in Maternity Homes
  • 5. "Case Workers Have Become Necessities"
  • 6. White Neurosis, Black Pathology, and the Ironies of Professionalization: The 1940s.

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