Mothers of the Municipality : : Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax / / Janet Guildford, Judith Fingard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Fingard, Judith,; Guildford, Janet,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• 出版年: 2016
• 言語: English
• シリーズ: Heritage
• 物理的記述: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction /; Women's Organizations: The Heart and Soul of Women's Activism /; The End of the Poor Law: Public Welfare Reform in Nova Scotia before the Canada Assistance Plan /; Democracy, Dollars, and the Children's Aid Society: The Eclipse of Gwendolen Lantz /; Managing the Unmarried Mother 'Problem': Halifax Maternity Homes /; The 'Right Kind' of Single Mothers: Nova Scotia's Regulation of Women on Social Assistance, 1956-1977 /; From Infant Homes to Daycare: Child Care in Halifax /; Black Women at Work: Race, Family, and Community in Greater Halifax /; 'Home Nursing Has Continued to Present Problems ...' The St John Ambulance Home Nursing Program in Nova Scotia /; 'A Grandly Subversive Time': The Halifax Branch of the Voice of Women in the 1960s /; A Fragile Independence: The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women /; Contributors --; Illustration Credits --; Index
• 要約: Highlighting women's activism in Halifax after the Second World War, Mothers of the Municipality is a tightly focused collection of essays on social policy affecting women. The contributors ? feminist scholars in history, social work, and nursing ? examine women's experiences and activism, including those of African Nova Scotian 'day's workers,' Sisters of Charity, St. John Ambulance Brigades, 'Voices' for peace, and social welfare bureaucrats.The volume underscores the fact that the 1950s and 60s were not simply years of quiet conservatism, born-again domesticity, and consumption. Indeed, the period was marked by profound and rapid change for women. Despite their almost total exclusion from the formal political arena, which extended into the tumultuous 1970s, women in Halifax were instrumental in creating and reforming programs and services, often amid controversy. Mothers of the Municipality explores women's activism and the provision of services at the community level. If the adage "think globally; act locally" has any application in modern history, it is with the women who fought many of the battles in the larger war for social justice.
• フォーマット: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442627468; 9783110667691; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442627468
• アクセス: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Janet Guildford, Judith Fingard.

Highlighting women's activism in Halifax after the Second World War, Mothers of the Municipality is a tightly focused collection of essays on social policy affecting women. The contributors ? feminist scholars in history, social work, and nursing ? examine women's experiences and activism,...