Title 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

Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 275 pages) Series International studies in social history ; v. 20 International studies in social history ; v. 20. Contents Maternalism Reconsidered; International Studies in Social History; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Maternalism and Beyond; Chapter 3: The State, the Women's Movement and Maternity Insurance,1900-1930; Chapter 4: Mobilizing Mothers in the Nation's Service; Chapter 5: Speaking on Behalf of Others; Chapter 6: 'Respectable Citizens of Canada'; Chapter 7: The Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages; Chapter 8: Protecting Mothers in Order to Protect Children; Chapter 9: Maternal and Child Welfare, State Policy and Women's Philanthropic Activities in Brazil, 1930-45 Chapter 10: Maternalism in a Paternalist StateChapter 11: Maternalism, Soviet-Style; Chapter 12: The Origins and Transformations of the Infant-Maternity Health and Nutritional Programmes in Argentina; Chapter 13: Afterword; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index Summary 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 organizations, liberals and conservatives, feminists and anti-feminists - a phenomenon that scholars have since termed 'maternalism'. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Motherhood -- History -- 20th century Mothers -- History -- 20th century Public welfare -- History -- 20th century Mothers -- history Maternal Behavior Social Welfare -- history Public Policy -- history History, 20th Century FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. Motherhood Mothers Public welfare Mutterschaft Mutter Sozialstaat Sozialpolitik Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Klein, Marian van der, editor. ISBN 9780857454676 0857454676

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