women and the rise of the European welfare states, 1880s-1950s /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Gisela Bock and Pat Thane.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1991.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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259 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Motherhood as a political strategy: the role of the Italian women's movement in the creation of the Cassa Nazionale di Maternità / Annarita Buttafuoco -- Redefining maternity and paternity: gender, pronatalism and social policies in fascist Italy / Chiara Saraceno -- Housework and motherhood: debates and policies in the women's movement in Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic / Irene Stoehr -- Antinatalism, maternity and paternity in National Socialist racism / Gisela Bock.
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Voluntary motherhood 1900-1930: theories and politics of a Norwegian feminist in an international perspective / Ida Blom -- Family welfare, which policy? Norway's road to child allowances / Anne-Lise Seip and Hilde Ibsen -- The invisible child? The struggle for a Social Democratic family policy in Sweden, 1900-1960s / Ann-Sofie Ohlander -- Models of equality for women: the case of state support for children in twentieth-century Britain / Jane Lewis -- Visions of gender in the making of the British welfare state: the case of women in the British Labour Party and social policy, 1906-1945 / Pat Thane -- French feminism and maternity: theories and policies, 1890-1918 / Anne Cova -- Body politics: women, work and the politics of motherhood in France, 1920-1950 / Karen Offen -- Pronatalism and motherhood in Franco's Spain / Mary Nash.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This important collection is the first to analyse the influence of women's movements on the emergence of Europe's welfare states and the limits to that influence. It reveals how these organizations influenced and promoted new welfare policies, particularly in relation to the needs of women and children. It not only examines these developments in the different countries, but explores state attitudes towards gender before and after the rise of the dictatorships in Germany, Italy and Spain, in comparison to democracies in Britain, France, Sweden and Norway."--BOOK JACKET. "These studies go further than revealing how European women sought to obtain more rights. By exploring how they sought to make effective use of them, they show that this widespread struggle for mothers' welfare was not a diversion from feminist goals, but intrinsic to the transformation of the gender-based distribution of resources and power in society. In emphasizing the role of women's history within a political, rather than a social context, the research throws new light on feminism, especially in the inter-war period, and makes a significant contribution to contemporary women's studies."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Family policy-- Europe-- History.
Feminism-- Europe-- History.
Motherhood-- Government policy-- Europe-- History.
Welfare state-- History.
État providence-- Histoire.
Féminisme-- Europe-- Histoire.
Maternité-- Politique gouvernementale-- Europe-- Histoire.