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Mothers of the municipality...
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
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monografia Rebiun28536341 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun28536341 m o d | cr#-n--------- 160923t20052005oncac ob 001 0 eng d 1-4426-2746-8 10.3138/9781442627468 doi UPVA 997926187103706 UAM 991008123514104211 CBUC 991010883549506709 CBUC 991013153440806708 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng n-cn-ns onc CA-ON x4x7 Mothers of the municipality women, work and social policy in post-1945 Halifax edited by Judith Fingard and Janet Guildford Toronto, [Ontario] Buffalo, [New York] London, [England] University of Toronto Press 2005 Toronto, [Ontario] Buffalo, [New York] London, [England] Toronto, [Ontario] Buffalo, [New York] London, [England] University of Toronto Press 2005 1 online resource (353 p.) 1 online resource (353 p.) Heritage Includes bibliographical references and index Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Fingard, Judith / Guildford, Janet. -- Women's Organizations: The Heart and Soul of Women's Activism Fingard, Judith. -- The End of the Poor Law: Public Welfare Reform in Nova Scotia before the Canada Assistance Plan Guildford, Janet. -- Democracy, Dollars, and the Children's Aid Society: The Eclipse of Gwendolen Lantz Tillotson, Shirley. -- Managing the Unmarried Mother 'Problem': Halifax Maternity Homes Morton, Suzanne. -- The 'Right Kind' of Single Mothers: Nova Scotia's Regulation of Women on Social Assistance, 1956-1977 Fay, Jeanne. -- From Infant Homes to Daycare: Child Care in Halifax Morton, Suzanne. -- Black Women at Work: Race, Family, and Community in Greater Halifax Bernard, Wanda Thomas / Fingard, Judith. -- 'Home Nursing Has Continued to Present Problems ...' The St John Ambulance Home Nursing Program in Nova Scotia Gregor, Frances. -- 'A Grandly Subversive Time': The Halifax Branch of the Voice of Women in the 1960s Early, Frances. -- A Fragile Independence: The Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women Guildford, Janet. -- Contributors -- Illustration Credits -- Index 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 English Fingard, Judith editor Guildford, Janet Vey editor 0-8020-3922-7 0-8020-8693-4