TY - BOOK AU - Earner-Byrne,Lindsey TI - Mother and child: maternity and child welfare in Dublin, 1922-60 SN - 9780719074745 : AV - HQ759 .E27 2007 U1 - 362.709415 EAR PY - 2007/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester Univ Press KW - Motherhood KW - Government policy KW - Ireland KW - Unmarried mothers KW - Dublin KW - 20th century KW - Mother and child KW - Religious aspects KW - Health and hygiene KW - Child welfare KW - European history KW - thema KW - Child Welfare KW - Maternal Welfare KW - History, 20th Century N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -