"Baby riots" and "eight-hour orphans": A comparison of the images of child care in British and U.S. popular magazines during World War II

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-251

  Kundanis, Rose M ^a  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0042094729     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-5395(96)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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