Demanding child care : women's activism and the politics of welfare, 1940-71 / Natalie M. Fousekis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fousekis, Natalie Marie.

Series:

Women in American history.

Women in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care--California--History--20th century.

Child care.

Child care--United States--History--20th century.

Women political activists--California--History--20th century.

Women political activists.

Women political activists--United States--History--20th century.

Public welfare--California--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Public welfare--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of WWII, the federal gvernment announced plans to terminate its public child care services that had been established during the war for working mothers. Analyzing the informal networks of cross-class and cross-race reformers, policymakers, and educators, this work traces the changing alliances among these groups.

Contents:

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 1950's

"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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613244345

9781283244343

1283244349

9780252093241

0252093240

OCLC:

756279387