Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930
by Molly Ladd-Taylor
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Paperback / softback. New. Early in the twentieth century, maternal and child welfare evolved from a private family responsibility into a matter of national policy. In Mother-Work, Molly Ladd-Taylor explores both the private and public aspects of child-rearing, using the relationship between them to cast new light on the histories of motherhood, the welfare state, and women's activism in the United States. She argues that mother-work, "women's unpaid work of reproduction and caregiving," motivated women's public activism and "maternalist" ideology. Mothering experiences led women to become active in the development of public health, education, and welfare services. In turn, the advent of these services altered mothering in many ways, including by reducing the infant mortality rate.
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- Title
- Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930
- Author
- Molly Ladd-Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New New
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0252064828
- ISBN 13
- 9780252064821
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana And Chicago
- This edition first published
- March 1, 1995
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