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A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryder, Linda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Royal New Zealand Plunket Society--History.
- Royal New Zealand Plunket Society.
- Maternal and infant welfare--New Zealand--History.
- Maternal and infant welfare.
- Infant health services--New Zealand--History.
- Infant health services.
- History.
- New Zealand.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Covering the history of the Plunket Society from 1907 to the present day, this book is organized around three dominant themes that contribute both to international historiography and to the social history of New Zealand. These themes are the mixed economy of welfare, maternal and infant health, and motherhood and parenting. Discussed in detail is how together these three strands form an important contribution to New Zealand's social history. In particular, the public role of women as welfare providers, maternal and child health provision, and parenting roles and practices are examined. An in-depth study of the voluntary welfare system, this book will be of interest to welfare historians, women's studies historians, social historians of medicine, and government policy makers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1869402901
- OCLC:
- 53216096
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