The Illegitimate Family in New York City : Its Treatment by Social and Health Agencies / Ruth Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, Ruth, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1934]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Attempts to enumerate the agencies engaged in the care of the illegitimate family in New York City, to describe the types of services being offered by these agencies, and to state the characteristics of these families during a limited interval of time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface / Deardorff, Neva R.

Contents

Tables

Part One. Introduction

I. The Nature and Purpose of the Study

II. The Social Significance of the Illegitimate Family

III. Illegitimacy in Ten American Cities

IV. Ten Years of Illegitimacy in New York City

Part Two. The Care of the Illegitimate Family by New York City Social Agencies

V. Method of the Survey of Social Agencies

VI. Medical and Health Agencies

VII. The Homes for Mothers and Babies

VIII. The Family Welfare and the Protective Agencies

IX. The Agencies and Institutions for Delinquents

X. The Child Placement Societies

XI. The Agencies in Relation to Each Other and to the City

Part Three. The Illegitimate Family and Its Members

XII. The Illegitimate Family as a Group

XIII. The Unmarried Mothers

XIV. The Unmarried Fathers

XV. The Illegitimate Children Born in 193

Appendices

1. The Individual Case Schedule for Each Unmarried Mother and the Agency Schedule

2. Digest of Laws in New York City Relating to Illegitimacy

3. Notes on Birth Registration in New York City

4. Supplementary Tables

5. List of Agencies Whose Services Are Described in Part Two

Annotated Bibliography on Illegitimacy

Indexes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89454-6

OCLC:

1100454044