Child care in black and white : working parents and the history of orphanages /
Ramey, Jessie B.
Child care in black and white : working parents and the history of orphanages / Jessie B. Ramey. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource. - - The working class in American history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women -- Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis -- Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care -- Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care -- Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations -- Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children -- Conclusion : contesting orphans.
This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two 'sister' orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children.
9780252094422 9781283993586
2019716620
015995328 Uk
Orphanages--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Children--Institutional care--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Working poor--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Poor women--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Race discrimination--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Race relations--History.
Electronic Books.
HV995 / .C455 2012
Child care in black and white : working parents and the history of orphanages / Jessie B. Ramey. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource. - - The working class in American history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women -- Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis -- Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care -- Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care -- Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations -- Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children -- Conclusion : contesting orphans.
This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two 'sister' orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children.
9780252094422 9781283993586
2019716620
015995328 Uk
Orphanages--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Children--Institutional care--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Working poor--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Poor women--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Race discrimination--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Race relations--History.
Electronic Books.
HV995 / .C455 2012