Mothers of a new world : maternalist politics and the origins of welfare states

Title

• Mothers of a new world : maternalist politics and the origins of welfare states / edited by Seth Koven & Sonya Michel.

Other Authors

• Michel, Sonya, 1942-
• Koven, Seth, 1958-

Published

• New York : Routledge, 1993.

Content Types

• text

Carrier Types

• volume

Physical Description

• xi, 447 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Maternidad -- Política gubernamental -- Historia.
• Reformadoras sociales -- Historia.
• Asistencia pública -- Historia.
• Feminismo -- Historia.
• Geschichte.
• Mutter.
• Sozialpolitik.
• Aufsatzsammlung.
• Social Welfare -- history.
• Maternal Welfare -- history.
• Feminism -- history.
• Mères -- Protection, assistance, etc -- Politique gouvernementale -- Histoire.
• Maternité -- Politique gouvernementale -- Histoire.
• Réformatrices sociales -- Histoire.
• État providence -- Histoire.
• Féminisme -- Histoire.
• Feminism.
• Maternal and infant welfare -- Government policy.
• Motherhood -- Government policy.
• Welfare state.
• Women social reformers.
• Vrouwenbeweging.
• Sociale politiek.
• Moederschap.
• Verzorgingsstaat.
• Feminisme.
• Maternal and infant welfare -- Government policy -- History.
• Motherhood -- Government policy -- History.
• Women social reformers -- History.
• Welfare state -- History.
• Feminism -- History.
• Social reform Role of Women History

Contents

• The historical foundations of women's power in the creation of the American welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar
• Borderlands / Seth Koven
• Social mothers / Christoph Sachsse
• Woman's work and the early welfare state in Germany / Jean H. Quataert
• Depopulation and race suicide / Alisa Klaus
• Power of motherhood / Eileen Boris
• Catholicism, feminism, and the politics of the family during the late Third Republic / Susan Pedersen
• The limits of maternalism / Sonya Michel
• "My work came out of agony and grief" / Molly Ladd-Taylor
• Women in the British Labour Party and the construction of state welfare, 1906-1939 / Pat Thane
• A revolution in the family / Marilyn Lake
• Feminist strategies and gendered discourses in welfare states / Barbara Hobson.

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form

• Online version Mothers of a new world. New York : Routledge, 1993

Language

• English