Hearts of wisdom : American women caring for kin, 1850-1940 / Emily K. Abel.

Author/creator Abel, Emily K.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Descriptionix, 326 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Caregivers--history. --United States.
Caregivers--psychology. --United States.
Home Nursing--history. --United States.
Family Relations--United States.
Professional-Family Relations--United States.
Women--history. --United States.
History of Medicine.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.

Contents "Hot flannels, hot teas, and a great deal of care": Emily Hawley Gillespie and Sarah Gillespie, 1858-1888 -- An overview of nineteenth-century caregiving -- "Tried at the quilting bees": conflicts between "old ladies" and aspiring professionals -- A "terrible and exhausting" struggle: Martha Shaw Farnsworth, 1890-1924 -- "Just as you direct": caregiver translations of medical authority -- Negotiating public health directives: poor New Yorkers at the turn of the century -- Caregiving during the Great Depression: mothers seeking children's health care and American Indians encountering public health nurses -- "Very dear to my heart": confronting labels of feeblemindedness and epilepsy -- "Like ordinary hearing children": raising offspring according to oralist dictates -- Conclusion: The uses of the past.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-320) and index.
LCCN 00033596
ISBN0674003144
ISBN9780674003149

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Laupus Books - Stacks WY 11 AA1 A139H 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WY 11 AA1 A139H 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold