Maternalism reconsidered : motherhood, welfare and social policy in the twentieth century

Maternalism reconsidered : motherhood, welfare and social policy in the twentieth century / edited by Marian van der Klein, Rebecca Jo Plant, Nicole Sanders, and Lori R. Weintrob.

Beginning in the late 19th century, competing ideas about motherhood had a profound impact on the development and implementation of social welfare policies. Calls for programmes aimed at assisting and directing mothers emanated from all quarters of the globe, advanced by states and voluntary organiz...

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Other Authors: Klein, Marian van der (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Series:International studies in social history ; v. 20.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Motherhood > History > 20th century.
Mothers > History > 20th century.
Public welfare > History > 20th century.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Motherhood
Mothers
Public welfare
Mutterschaft
Mutter
Sozialstaat
Sozialpolitik
History
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