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Author Rose, Elizabeth R

Title A mother's job : the history of day care, 1890-1960 / Elizabeth Rose
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) : illustrations
Contents Note on Case Records; Introduction; 1 "Foster Mothers": Creating Day Nurseries; 2 Using Day Nurseries; 3 Deserving Mothers: Day Care as Welfare; 4 Day Care as Education: The Emergence of the Nursery School; 5 Day Care and Depression; 6 Battling for Mothers' Labor: Day Care During World War II; 7 From Charity to Legitimate Need: The Postwar Years; Conclusion; Appendix; Archival Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary Using Philadelphia as a case study, this title 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 20th century to a culturally accepted social need for ordinary families - and a potential responsibility of government - by the 1950s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index
Notes English
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Subject Day care centers -- United States -- History
Day care centers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
Nursery schools -- United States -- History
Nursery schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History
Mother and child.
Child Rearing -- history
Nurseries, Infant -- history
Child Care -- history
Child Day Care Centers -- history
Mother-Child Relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Mother and child
Day care centers
Nursery schools
Kindertagesstätte
Kinderopvang.
garderie -- Etats-Unis -- 1890 -- 1960.
accueil -- petit enfant -- Etats-Unis -- 1890 -- 1960.
crèche -- Etats-Unis -- 1890 -- 1960.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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