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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Employed Mothers and Child Care
Author: Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon
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Category : Day care centers
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Day care centers
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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A Mother's Job
Author: Elizabeth Rose
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195354893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care. We criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, but we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. We recognize the benefits of early childhood education, but do not provide it as a public right until children enter kindergarten. Our children are priceless, but we pay minimum wages to the overwhelmingly female workforce which cares for them. We are not really sure if day care is detrimental or beneficial for children, or if mothers should really be in the workforce. To better understand how we have arrived at these present-day dilemmas, Elizabeth Rose argues, we need to explore day care's past. A Mother's Job is the first book to offer such an exploration. In this case study of Philadelphia, Rose examines the different meanings of day care for families and providers from the late nineteenth century through the postwar prosperity of the 1950s. Drawing on richly detailed records created by social workers, she explores changing attitudes about motherhood, charity, and children's needs. How did day care change from a charity for poor single mothers at the turn of the century into a recognized need of ordinary families by 1960? This book traces that transformation, telling the story of day care from the changing perspectives of the families who used it and the philanthropists and social workers who administered it. We see day care through the eyes of the immigrants, whites, and blacks who relied upon day care service as well as through those of the professionals who provided it. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the roots of our current day care crisis, as well as the broader issues of education, welfare, and women's work--all issues in which the key questions of day care are enmeshed. Students of social history, women's history, welfare policy, childcare, and education will also encounter much valuable information in this well-written book.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195354893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care. We criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, but we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. We recognize the benefits of early childhood education, but do not provide it as a public right until children enter kindergarten. Our children are priceless, but we pay minimum wages to the overwhelmingly female workforce which cares for them. We are not really sure if day care is detrimental or beneficial for children, or if mothers should really be in the workforce. To better understand how we have arrived at these present-day dilemmas, Elizabeth Rose argues, we need to explore day care's past. A Mother's Job is the first book to offer such an exploration. In this case study of Philadelphia, Rose examines the different meanings of day care for families and providers from the late nineteenth century through the postwar prosperity of the 1950s. Drawing on richly detailed records created by social workers, she explores changing attitudes about motherhood, charity, and children's needs. How did day care change from a charity for poor single mothers at the turn of the century into a recognized need of ordinary families by 1960? This book traces that transformation, telling the story of day care from the changing perspectives of the families who used it and the philanthropists and social workers who administered it. We see day care through the eyes of the immigrants, whites, and blacks who relied upon day care service as well as through those of the professionals who provided it. This volume will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the roots of our current day care crisis, as well as the broader issues of education, welfare, and women's work--all issues in which the key questions of day care are enmeshed. Students of social history, women's history, welfare policy, childcare, and education will also encounter much valuable information in this well-written book.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Languages : en
Pages : 2762
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Languages : en
Pages : 2762
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Bureau Publication ...
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Publisher:
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 770
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Selected List of Publications
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Publications of the Children's Bureau
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1332
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Languages : en
Pages : 1332
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Report
Author: Russell Sage Foundation. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Children's Bureau Publications
Author: United States. Children's Bureau
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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From Working Girl to Working Mother
Author: Lynn Weiner
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this fresh perspective on one of the major demographic trends in our history, Weiner skillfully interweaves evidence on women's employment, government social policy, and the contemporary debate about women's sphere to explore the interconnections between patterns of women's work and the ideologies that arose in response to that work. In uniting the sources and methods of social and intellectual history, the author illuminates the changes in women's lives during the past 250 years. Originally published in 1985. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this fresh perspective on one of the major demographic trends in our history, Weiner skillfully interweaves evidence on women's employment, government social policy, and the contemporary debate about women's sphere to explore the interconnections between patterns of women's work and the ideologies that arose in response to that work. In uniting the sources and methods of social and intellectual history, the author illuminates the changes in women's lives during the past 250 years. Originally published in 1985. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.