Ramey, Jessie B. <br/><br/>
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. 
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 - The working class in American history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252094422 9781283993586 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019716620 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015995328  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Orphanages--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh<br/>Children--Institutional care--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh<br/>Working poor--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh<br/>Poor women--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh<br/>Race discrimination--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh<br/>Race relations--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV995  / .C455 2012