Mother and child : maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 /
Earner-Byrne, Lindsey.
Mother and child : maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 / Lindsey Earner-Byrne. - Manchester : Manchester Univ Press, 2007. - x, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maternity and child welfare pre-Independence--Maternity and child welfare: setting the agenda, 1922-39--The Dublin mother: maternal welfare and child health, 1920-40--The emergency: the war, the poor, the Church and the state, 1939-45--Cracks in the cordial collaboration: political reality and the religious principle, 1945-56--Maternity on the ground: the Dublin experiment, 1945-56--Illegitimate motherhood, 1922-60.
Irish women, as actual or potential mothers, were frequently the direct or indirect targets of much debate and welfare legislation during the first half of the twentieth century. This book provides an analysis of maternity policy and provision in Dublin. It also places maternity and child welfare in the context of twentieth century Irish history.
9780719074745 : No price 9780719074745
Motherhood--Government policy--Ireland
Unmarried mothers--Ireland--Dublin--20th century
Mother and child--Religious aspects--Ireland--Dublin
Mother and child--Health and hygiene--Ireland--Dublin
Mother and child--Ireland--Dublin--20th century
Child welfare--Ireland
European history
Child Welfare--Ireland
Maternal Welfare--Ireland
History, 20th Century--Ireland
HQ759 / .E27 2007
362.709415 EAR
Mother and child : maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 / Lindsey Earner-Byrne. - Manchester : Manchester Univ Press, 2007. - x, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maternity and child welfare pre-Independence--Maternity and child welfare: setting the agenda, 1922-39--The Dublin mother: maternal welfare and child health, 1920-40--The emergency: the war, the poor, the Church and the state, 1939-45--Cracks in the cordial collaboration: political reality and the religious principle, 1945-56--Maternity on the ground: the Dublin experiment, 1945-56--Illegitimate motherhood, 1922-60.
Irish women, as actual or potential mothers, were frequently the direct or indirect targets of much debate and welfare legislation during the first half of the twentieth century. This book provides an analysis of maternity policy and provision in Dublin. It also places maternity and child welfare in the context of twentieth century Irish history.
9780719074745 : No price 9780719074745
Motherhood--Government policy--Ireland
Unmarried mothers--Ireland--Dublin--20th century
Mother and child--Religious aspects--Ireland--Dublin
Mother and child--Health and hygiene--Ireland--Dublin
Mother and child--Ireland--Dublin--20th century
Child welfare--Ireland
European history
Child Welfare--Ireland
Maternal Welfare--Ireland
History, 20th Century--Ireland
HQ759 / .E27 2007
362.709415 EAR