How They Do It: Homemaker Service in Public Welfare. The North Carolina Experience
by [RURAL WELFARE - NORTH CAROLINA] NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
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- first
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers (softcover); 41,[8]pp. Fine. Description of the North Carolina "Homemaker Services" initiative, established in 1947, which placed social welfare agents in the homes of families and individuals in need, including shut-ins, children of disabled or incarcerated parents, and situations "where a mother does not know how to care for her children or keep house adequately and needs help in budgeting, buying, cooking, and other areas of homemaking.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50888
- Title
- How They Do It: Homemaker Service in Public Welfare. The North Carolina Experience
- Author
- [RURAL WELFARE - NORTH CAROLINA] NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Place of Publication
- [Washington, D.C.]
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- The South; Social History;
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