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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ladd-Taylor, Molly, 1955-
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, ©1994.
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.