A mother's job : the history of day care, 1890-1960 /
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 pot...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195354898 0195354893 1602561672 9781602561670 9780195111125 0195111125 1280453443 9781280453441 019518596X 9780195185966 9786610453443 6610453446 9780199854295 0199854297 |