The Wages of Motherhood : Inequality in the Welfare State, 1917-1942 /
Entering the vigorous debate about the nature of the American welfare state, The Wages of Motherhood illuminates ways in which a "maternalist" social policy emerged from the crucible of gender and racial politics between the world wars. Gwendolyn Mink here examines the cultural dynamics of...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
1995.
|
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The promise of Motherhood: maternalist social policy between the wars
- Wages for Motherhood: Mothers' pensions and cultural reform
- "A baby saved is a citizen gained": infancy protection and maternal reform
- Schooling for Motherhood: woman's role and "American" culture in the curriculum
- Cultural reform across the color line: maternalists and the politics of educational provision
- Maternalism in the New Deal Welfare State: women's dependency, racial inequality, and the Icon of welfare Motherhood
- Wage earning or Motherhood: maternalist Labor policy during World Warr II
- Post maternalist welfare politics.