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

Author/creator Fousekis, Natalie Marie
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoUrbana, Chicago and Springfield : University of Illinois Press,
Descriptionxiv, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books 2011 History Collection Supplement
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Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books History 2011 Subject Collection
Subject(s)
Series Women in American history
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-236) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011006824
ISBN9780252036255 (cloth)
ISBN0252036255 (cloth)