A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960

by Elizabeth R. Rose and Elizabeth Rose

Book Overview

Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care. We criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, but we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. We recognize the benefits of early childhood education, but do not provide it as a public right until children enter kindergarten. Our children are priceless, but we pay minimum wages to the overwhelmingly female workforce which cares for them. We are not really sure if day...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195168100
• ISBN13: 9780195168105
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"