Harnessing the power of motherhood
Subtitle: the National Florence Crittenton Mission, 1883-1925
By: Katherine G. Aiken.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: National Florence Crittenton Mission -- History.; Rescue work -- United States -- History.; Unmarried mothers -- Services for -- United States -- History.; Social work with prostitutes -- United States -- History.
Description: The National Florence Crittenton Mission (N.F.C.M.), founded in 1883, pioneered rescue work to aid prostitutes, unmarried mothers, and their children through a large chain of institutional homes. In Harnessing the Power of Motherhood, Katherine G. Aiken explores the history of the N.F.C.M., painting a portrait of a politicized organization that became one of the most significant social welfare movements of its time.

Aiken discusses the N.F.C.M.'s development, its programs and policies, and especially its influential leaders, Charles Nelson Crittenton and Dr. Kate Waller Barrett.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.
Table of contents: title: The merchant evangelist : Charles Nelson Crittenton; title: Kate Waller Barrett : motherhood as a means of regeneration; title: A well-run home; title: Helping hands : women's Florence Crittenton work; title: The National Florence Crittenton Mission and "white slavery"; title: The great war and after.