Maternalism reconsidered: motherhood, welfare and social policy in the twentieth century

Chapter 1. Introduction Rebecca Jo Plant and Marian van der Klein Chapter 2. Beyond Maternalism Sonya Michel Chapter 3. The State, the Women's Movement and Maternity Insurance, 1900-1930: A Dutch Maternalism? Marian van der Klein Chapter 4. Mobilising Mothers in the Nation's Service: Civic Culture in France's Familial Welfare State, 1890 - 1914 Lori R. Weintrob Chapter 5. Speaking on Behalf of Others:Dutch Social Workers and The Problem of Maternalist Condescension Berteke Waaldijk Chapter 6. 'Respectable Citizens of Canada': Gender and the Welfare State in the Great Depression Lara Campbell Chapter 7. The Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages: Patriotic Maternalists and Their Critics in the Interwar U.S. Rebecca Jo Plant Chpaptr 8. Protecting Mothers in Order to Protect Children: Maternalism and the 1935 Pan-American Child Congress Nichole Sanders Chapter 9. Maternal and Child Welfare, State Policy and Women's Philanthropic Activities in Brazil, 1930-45 Maria Lucia Mott Chapter 10. Maternalism in a Paternalist State: The National Organization for the Protection of Motherhood and Infancy in Fascist Italy Elisabetta Vezzosi Chapter 11. Maternalism, Soviet-Style: The Working 'Mothers with Many Children' in Postwar Western Ukraine Yoshie Mitsuyoshi Chapter 12. Infant-Maternity Health and Nutritional Programmes in Argentina: Maternalism without Maternalists? Alma Idiart Chapter 13. Afterword: Maternalism Today Rebecca Jo Plant Select Bibliography Contributors