Creating a female dominion in American reform, 1890-1935 /
Muncy, Robyn.
Creating a female dominion in American reform, 1890-1935 / Robyn Muncy. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-211) and index.
In this book, Muncy explains the continuity of white, middle-class, American female reform activity between the Progressive era and the New Deal. She argues that during the Progressive era, female reformers built an interlocking set of organizations that attempted to control child welfare policy. Within this policymaking body, female progressives professionalized their values, bureaucratized their methods, and institutionalized their reforming networks. To refer to the organizational structure embodying these processes, the book develops the original concept of a female dominion in the otherwise male empire of policymaking. At the head of this dominion stood the Children's Bureau in the federal Department of Labor. Muncy investigates the development of the dominion and its particular characteristics, such as its monopoly over child welfare and its commitment to public welfare, and shows how it was dependent on a peculiarly female professionalism. By exploring that process, this book illuminates the relationship between professionalization and reform, the origins and meaning of Progressive reform, and the role of gender in creating the American welfare state.
English.
1429405937 (electronic bk.) 9781429405935 (electronic bk.) 9780195057027 0195057023 9780195089240 (pbk.) 0195089243 (pbk.) (pbk.) 9780195358346 (e-book) 0195358341 0190282320 9780190282325 1280527390 9781280527395 0198022328 9780198022329
Child welfare--History.--United States
Women social reformers--History.--United States
Women social workers--History.--United States
Women in the professions--History.--United States
Réformatrices sociales--Histoire.--États-Unis
Travailleuses sociales--Histoire.--États-Unis
Femmes dans les professions libérales--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Child welfare.
Women in the professions.
Women social reformers.
Women social workers.
Jeugdhulpverlening.
Vrouwenbeweging.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV741 / .M82 1991eb
331.4/813613/20973
Creating a female dominion in American reform, 1890-1935 / Robyn Muncy. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-211) and index.
In this book, Muncy explains the continuity of white, middle-class, American female reform activity between the Progressive era and the New Deal. She argues that during the Progressive era, female reformers built an interlocking set of organizations that attempted to control child welfare policy. Within this policymaking body, female progressives professionalized their values, bureaucratized their methods, and institutionalized their reforming networks. To refer to the organizational structure embodying these processes, the book develops the original concept of a female dominion in the otherwise male empire of policymaking. At the head of this dominion stood the Children's Bureau in the federal Department of Labor. Muncy investigates the development of the dominion and its particular characteristics, such as its monopoly over child welfare and its commitment to public welfare, and shows how it was dependent on a peculiarly female professionalism. By exploring that process, this book illuminates the relationship between professionalization and reform, the origins and meaning of Progressive reform, and the role of gender in creating the American welfare state.
English.
1429405937 (electronic bk.) 9781429405935 (electronic bk.) 9780195057027 0195057023 9780195089240 (pbk.) 0195089243 (pbk.) (pbk.) 9780195358346 (e-book) 0195358341 0190282320 9780190282325 1280527390 9781280527395 0198022328 9780198022329
Child welfare--History.--United States
Women social reformers--History.--United States
Women social workers--History.--United States
Women in the professions--History.--United States
Réformatrices sociales--Histoire.--États-Unis
Travailleuses sociales--Histoire.--États-Unis
Femmes dans les professions libérales--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Child welfare.
Women in the professions.
Women social reformers.
Women social workers.
Jeugdhulpverlening.
Vrouwenbeweging.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HV741 / .M82 1991eb
331.4/813613/20973