Description |
xi, 447 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The historical foundations of women's power in the creation of the American welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands / Seth Koven -- Social mothers / Christoph Sachsse -- Woman's work and the early welfare state in Germany / Jean H. Quataert -- Depopulation and race suicide / Alisa Klaus -- Power of motherhood / Eileen Boris -- Catholicism, feminism, and the politics of the family during the late Third Republic / Susan Pedersen -- The limits of maternalism / Sonya Michel -- "My work came out of agony and grief" / Molly Ladd-Taylor -- Women in the British Labour Party and the contruction of sState welfare, 1906-1939 / Pat Thane -- A revolution in the family / Marilyn Lake -- Feminist strategies and gendered discourses in welfare states / Barbara Hobson. |
Subject |
Maternal and infant welfare -- Government policy -- History.
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Maternal and infant welfare -- Government policy. |
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History. |
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Maternal and infant welfare. |
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Motherhood -- Government policy -- History.
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Motherhood -- Government policy. |
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Motherhood. |
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Women social reformers -- History.
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Women social reformers. |
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Welfare state -- History.
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Welfare state. |
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Feminism -- History.
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Feminism. |
Indexed Term |
Social reform Role of Women History |
Subject |
Motherhood. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
Added Author |
Koven, Seth, 1958-
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Michel, Sonya, 1942-
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ISBN |
0415903130 cloth acid-free paper $49.95 |
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0415903149 paperback $16.95 |
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