{"product_id":"demanding-child-care-9780252036255","title":"Demanding Child Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA revealing study of early child care political action and advocates in California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gripping tale of California politics, working women's activism, and the welfare state. Fousekis introduces readers to a remarkable cast of characters: ordinary women who recognized that to support their families they needed the peace of mind that quality child care could provide; visionary educators and teachers who understood child care as part of public education, and not social assistance; and male allies in the legislature and public service who were instrumental in policymaking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Eileen Boris, coeditor of The Practice of U.S. Women's History: Narratives, Dialogues, and Intersections\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fousekis unearths an important skirmish in another of America's yet-to-be won battles. . . . [She] reminds us of the far-reaching consequences of a withered labor movement and the absence of a broad-based coalition fighting for child care.\"--\u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A lively story of an enlightened service to working women . . . . a contribution to the history of child care; the history of American women.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delightful book of interest to students and scholars of the welfare state, second-wave feminism, social reformers, the history of education, and the anti-Communist movement. Fousekis does an exemplary job of integrating women's personal stories into the childcare movement.\"--Robyn Muncy, author of \u003ci\u003eCreating a Female Dominion in American Reform, 1890–1935\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Part I: War and Its Aftermath 1: Californians Secure Wartime Child Care 2: Postwar Hopes: The Fight for Permanent Child Care, 1945-47 Part II: Mobilizing During the Cold War 3: \"Child Care Is a State Problem\": Working Mothers and Educators Take Action, 1947-51 4: \"We Need to Stand Together\": Theresa Mahler, Mary Young, and the Coalition's Victory in the 1950s Part III: The War on Poverty and the Age of Protest 5: \"We Do Not Consider Ourselves Welfare Cases\": Education-Based Child Care and Low-Income Working Families, 1958-1965 6: A Different Kind of Welfare State: The Coalition in the Age of Protest, 1966-71 Conclusion","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036819554647,"sku":"9780252036255","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252036255.jpg?v=1750932655","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/demanding-child-care-9780252036255","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}