Content

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content v
3. PREFACE vii
4. PART ONE
5. CHAPTER ONE. The Promise of Motherhood: Maternalist Social Policy between the Wars 1
6. CHAPTER TWO. Wages for Motherhood: Mothers' Pensions and Cultural Reform 27
7. CHAPTER THREE. ''A Baby Saved Is a Citizen Gained": Infancy Protection and Maternal Reform 53
8. PART TWO
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Schooling for Motherhood: Woman's Role and ''American" Culture in the Curriculum 77
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Cultural Reform across the Color Line: Maternalists and the Politics of Educational Provision 97
11. PART THREE
12. CHAPTER SIX. Maternalism in the New Deal Welfare State: Women's Dependency, Racial Inequality, and the Icon of Welfare Motherhood 123
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Wage Earning or Motherhood: Maternalist Labor Policy during World War II 151
14. AFTERWORD. Postmaternalist Welfare Politics 174
15. INDEX 193