A mother's job : the history of day care, 1890-1960 / Elizabeth Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Elizabeth R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursery schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Nursery schools.

Day care centers--United States--History.

Day care centers.

Nursery schools--United States--History.

Day care centers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care. We criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, but we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. We recognize the benefits of early childhood education, but do not provide it as a public right until children enter kindergarten. Our children are priceless, but we pay minimum wages to the overwhelmingly female workforce which cares for them. We are not really sure if day care is detrimental or beneficial for children, or if mothers should really be in the workforce. To better understand how we have arrived at these

Contents:

Contents; Note on Case Records; Introduction; Part I: Establishing Day Care, 1890-1930; 1 ""Foster Mothers"": Creating Day Nurseries; 2 Using Day Nurseries; 3 Deserving Mothers: Day Care as Welfare; 4 Day Care as Education: The Emergence of the Nursery School; Part II: Transforming Day Care, 1930-1960; 5 Day Care and Depression; 6 Battling for Mothers' Labor: Day Care During World War II; 7 From Charity to Legitimate Need: The Postwar Years; Conclusion; Appendix; Archival Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-270) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610453443

0-19-535489-3

1-280-45344-3

1-60256-167-2

0-19-518596-X

OCLC:

935227085