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

A revealing study of early child care political action and advocates in California.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fousekis, Natalie Marie
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
Series:	Women in American history.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Child care > California > History > 20th century. Child care > United States > History > 20th century. Women political activists > California > History > 20th century. Women political activists > United States > History > 20th century. Public welfare > California > History > 20th century. Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare. Child care Public welfare Women political activists California United States Electronic books. History
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Table of 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 1950s
"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.

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