Mother and child : maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 / Lindsey Earner-Byrne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Earner-Byrne, Lindsey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.

Child welfare.

Maternal health services--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.

Maternal health services.

Mother and child--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.

Mother and child.

Motherhood--Government policy--Ireland--History--20th century.

Motherhood.

Mother and child--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Lindsey Earner-Byrne provides a detailed account of the history of maternity and child welfare in Dublin between 1922 and 1960. In so doing, she places maternity and child welfare in the context of 20th-century Irish history, offering one of the only accounts of how women and children were viewed, treated and used by key lobby groups in Irish society and by the Irish state.

Contents:

1. Maternity and child welfare pre-Independence

2. Maternity and child welfare : setting the agenda, 1922-39

3. The Dublin mother : maternal welfare and child health, 1920-40

4. The Emergency : the war, the poor, the Church and the state, 1939-45

5. Cracks in the 'cordial collaboration' : political reality and religious principle, 1945-56

6. Maternity on the ground : the Dublin experiment, 1945-56

7. Illegitimate motherhood, 1922-60.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5261-2994-9

OCLC:

1085598919