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

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-288

  Rose, Elizabeth ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Day care; Families; Philadelphia; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939797524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195111125.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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