Child care in black and white
Subtitle: working parents and the history of orphanages
By: Jessie B. Ramey
Series: The working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780252036903
Subjects: Race relations; Institutional care; Race discrimination; Working poor; Orphanages; Poor women; Children; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women; title: Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis; title: Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care; title: Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care; title: Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations; title: Segregating orphans : the home for colored children; title: Conclusion : contesting orphans.