Poverty, charity, and motherhood
Subtitle: maternal societies in nineteenth-century France
By: Christine Adams.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252035470
Subjects: Child welfare -- France -- History; Mothers -- Services for -- France -- History; Children -- Services for -- France -- History; Poor -- Services for -- France -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: maternal societies in the nineteenth century; title: "Moses saved from the waters" : the origins of the Society for Maternal Charity; title: "A grand and official institution" : the Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon; title: Modeling maternal behavior: relations between the dames visiteuses and the pauvres mères indigentes; title: In the public interest: charitable associations and public-utility status; title: "Seconding the views of the government" : maternal societies and the state; title: Epilogue: toward a welfare state.