Mother-work : women, child welfare, and the state, 1890-1930 /
Early in the twentieth century, maternal and child welfare evolved from a private family responsibility into a matter of national policy. Women played the central role in this development. In Mother-Work, Molly Ladd-Taylor explores both the private and public aspects of childrearing, using the direc...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana, Ill. :
University of Illinois Press,
©1994.
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Colección: | Women in American history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Mother-Work at Home. The work of mothering
- Mother-Work in the Community. "When the birds have flown the nest, the mother-work may still go on" : sentimental maternalism and the national congress of mothers
- "The welfare of mothers and babies is a dignified subject of political discussion" : progressive maternalism and the children's bureau
- "How cruelly unjust to handicap all women" : feminism and the abandonment of motherhood rhetoric
- Mothers and the State. "Every mother has a right" : the movement for mothers' pensions
- "We mothers are so glad the day has come" : mothers' work and the Sheppard-Towner Act.