Demanding child care : women's activism and the politics of welfare, 1940-71 /
Fousekis, Natalie Marie.
Demanding child care : women's activism and the politics of welfare, 1940-71 / Natalie M. Fousekis. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource. - Women in American history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Californians secure wartime child care -- Postwar hopes: the fight for permanent child care, 1945-47 -- Child care "is a state problem": working mothers and educators take action, 1947-51 -- "We need to stand together": Theresa Mahler, Mary Young, and the coalition's victory in the 1950s -- "We do not consider ourselves welfare cases": education-based child care and low-income working families, 1958-65 -- A different kind of welfare state: California's child care coalition in the age of protest, 1966-71.
A revealing study of early child care political action and advocates in California.
9780252093241 9781283244343
2019717381
015836569 Uk
Child care--History--California--20th century.
Child care--History--United States--20th century.
Women political activists--History--California--20th century.
Women political activists--History--United States--20th century.
Public welfare--History--California--20th century.
Public welfare--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HQ778 / .D463 2011
Demanding child care : women's activism and the politics of welfare, 1940-71 / Natalie M. Fousekis. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource. - Women in American history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Californians secure wartime child care -- Postwar hopes: the fight for permanent child care, 1945-47 -- Child care "is a state problem": working mothers and educators take action, 1947-51 -- "We need to stand together": Theresa Mahler, Mary Young, and the coalition's victory in the 1950s -- "We do not consider ourselves welfare cases": education-based child care and low-income working families, 1958-65 -- A different kind of welfare state: California's child care coalition in the age of protest, 1966-71.
A revealing study of early child care political action and advocates in California.
9780252093241 9781283244343
2019717381
015836569 Uk
Child care--History--California--20th century.
Child care--History--United States--20th century.
Women political activists--History--California--20th century.
Women political activists--History--United States--20th century.
Public welfare--History--California--20th century.
Public welfare--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HQ778 / .D463 2011