Mothers of a New World

Maternalist Politics and the Origins of Welfare States

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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Beskrivning

Historians of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and the United States provide a sweeping view of the scope of women's work and make comparisons across societies and over time.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1993-06-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:850 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:460
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415903141

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Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: “Mother Worlds”, Seth Koven, Sonya Michel; Chapter 1 The Historical Foundations of Women's Power in the Creation of the American Welfare State, 1830-1930, Kathryn Kish Sklar; Chapter 2 Borderlands: Women, Voluntary Action, and Child Welfare in Britain, 1840 to 1914, Seth Koven; Chapter 3 Social Mothers: The Bourgeois Women's Movement and German Welfare-State Formation, 1890-1929, Christoph Sachße; Chapter 4 Woman's Work and the Early Welfare State in Germany: Legislators, Bureaucrats, and Clients before the First World War, Jean H. Quataert; Chapter 5 Depopulation and Race Suicide: Maternalism and Pronatalist Ideologies in France and the United States, Alisa Klaus; Chapter 6 The Power of Motherhood: Black and White Activist Women Redefine the “Political”, Eileen Boris; Chapter 7 Catholicism, Feminism, and the Politics of the Family during the late Third Republic, Susan Pedersen; Chapter 8 The Limits of Maternalism: Policies Toward American Wage-Earning Mothers During the Progressive Era, Sonya Michel; Chapter 9 “My Work Came Out of Agony and Grief”: Mothers and the Making of the Sheppard-Towner Act, Molly Ladd-Taylor; Chapter 10 Women in the British Labour Part y and the Construction of State Welfare, 1906-1939, Pat Thane; Chapter 11 A Revolution in the Family: The Challenge and Contradictions of Maternal Citizenship in Australia, Marilyn Lake; Chapter 12 Feminist Strategies and Gendered Discourses in Welfare States: Married Women's Right to Work in the United States and Sweden, Barbara Hobson;