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Child Care in Black and White : Working Parents and the History of Orphanages /

This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two 'sister' orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ramey, Jessie B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women
  • Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis
  • Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care
  • Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care
  • Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations
  • Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children
  • Conclusion : contesting orphans.