Cold War Comforts : Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity /

"Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defense or joined the d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brookfield, Tarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Political activity.
Social aspects.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Enfants > Droit > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Enfants > Droit > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Canada.
Femmes > Activite politique > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century.
Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > Canada.
Women > Political activity > Canada > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. At home. Cold Ward Canada: mobilizing women for a new war
  • The home front becomes the front line: fallout shelter madness
  • In the name of children: the disarmament movement
  • Abroad. Seeds of destiny: the United Nations and child welfare
  • Long-distance mothers: foster parent plan programs
  • A change in direction: starving, knitting, and caring for Vietnam
  • The politics of orphans: origins of international adoption and Operation Babylift
  • Conclusion.

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