Women Build the Welfare State: Performing Charity and Creating Rights in Argentina, 1880-1955.

In this pathbreaking history, Donna J. Guy shows how feminists, social workers, and female philanthropists contributed to the emergence of the Argentine welfare state through their advocacy of child welfare and family-law reform. From the creation of the government-subsidized Society of Beneficence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Guy, Donna J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	Undetermined
Published:	Duke University Press 2009.
Subjects:	Feminists > Argentina. Welfare state > Argentina. Women in charitable work > Argentina. Women philanthropists > Argentina. Women > Political activity > Argentina. Féministes > Argentine. État providence > Argentine. Femmes dans les œuvres de bienfaisance > Argentine. Femmes philanthropes > Argentine. Femmes > Activité politique > Argentine. History / Latin America / South America. Feminists Welfare state Women in charitable work Women philanthropists Women > Political activity Argentina Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Female Philanthropy and Feminism before the Welfare State
Benevolence and Female Volunteerism
Performing Child Welfare
4. Juvenile Delinquency, Patriarchy, and Female Philanthropy
5. The Depression and the Rise of the Welfare State
6. At the Crossroads of Change
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index