Mother''s Job - The History of Day Care, 1890-1960

Zusatztext ... exhaustively researched ... Rose's important new book shows how some working-class mothers finally got the child care programmes they needed. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Rose is Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. Klappentext This new book traces the transformation of day care from a charity for poor single mothers in the early twentieth century to a socially accepted need of ordinary families by the 1950s. Using Philadelphia as a case study, Elizabeth Rose explores the history of day care from the perspective of the families who used it as well as the philanthropists and social workers who administered it. This study helps us understand the roots of our current dilemmas about day care in the context of debates on welfare, women's work, and "family values." Zusammenfassung Using Philadelphia as a case study, A Mother's Job explores the history of day care from the perspective of families who used it, tracing day care's transformation from a charity for poor single mothers in the early twentieth century to a legitimate and culturally accepted social need for ordinary families -- and a potential responsibility of government -- by the 1950s.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Rose, Elizabeth ( Rose, Elizabeth (Trinity College) Rose
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.1999
• EAN: 9780195111125
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511112-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Child welfare, Age groups: children, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Child welfare and youth services