Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France |
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| Author:
| Adams, Christine |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03547-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.00 |
Book Description:
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This far-reaching study of maternal societies in post-Revolutionary France focuses on the philanthropic work of the Society for Maternal Charity, the most prominent organization of its kind. Administered by middle-class and elite women and financed by powerful families and the government, the Society offered support to poor mothers, helping them ......
This far-reaching study of maternal societies in post-Revolutionary France focuses on the philanthropic work of the Society for Maternal Charity, the most prominent organization of its kind. Administered by middle-class and elite women and financed by powerful families and the government, the Society offered support to poor mothers, helping them ......