LEADER 04044nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910964435603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613028709 010 $a9781283028707 010 $a1283028700 010 $a9780252090011 010 $a0252090012 035 $a(CKB)3390000000012677 035 $a(OCoLC)708738111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10617498 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544591 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544591 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10536384 035 $a(PQKB)11360112 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414147 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24439 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10617498 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302870 035 $a(OCoLC)923496312 035 $a(Perlego)2382535 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000012677 100 $a20100129d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoverty, charity, and motherhood $ematernal societies in nineteenth-century France /$fChristine Adams 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana, Ill. $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780252035470 311 08$a025203547X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: maternal societies in the nineteenth century -- "Moses saved from the waters" : the origins of the Society for Maternal Charity -- "A grand and official institution" : the Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon -- Modeling maternal behavior: relations between the dames visiteuses and the pauvres meres indigentes -- In the public interest: charitable associations and public-utility status -- "Seconding the views of the government" : maternal societies and the state -- Epilogue: toward a welfare state. 330 8 $aThis far-reaching study of maternal societies in post-revolutionary France focuses on the philanthropic work of the Society for Maternal Charity, the most prominent organization of its kind. Administered by middle-class and elite women and financed by powerful families and the government, the Society offered support to poor mothers, helping them to nurse and encouraging them not to abandon their children. In Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood, Christine Adams traces the Society's key role in shaping notions of maternity and in shifting the care of poor families from the hands of charitable volunteers with religious-tinged social visions to paid welfare workers with secular goals such as population growth and patriotism. Adams plumbs the origin and ideology of the Society and its branches, showing how elite women in Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rouen, Marseille, Dijon, and Limoges tried to influence the maternal behavior of women and families with lesser financial means and social status. A deft analysis of the philosophy and goals of the Society details the members' own notions of good mothering, family solidarity, and legitimate marriages that structured official, elite, and popular attitudes concerning gender and poverty in France. These personal attitudes, Adams argues, greatly influenced public policy and shaped the country's burgeoning social welfare system. 606 $aChild welfare$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aMothers$xServices for$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aChildren$xServices for$zFrance$xHistory 606 $aPoor$xServices for$zFrance$xHistory 615 0$aChild welfare$xHistory. 615 0$aMothers$xServices for$xHistory. 615 0$aChildren$xServices for$xHistory. 615 0$aPoor$xServices for$xHistory. 676 $a362.7 686 $a79.16$2bcl 700 $aAdams$b Christine$f1962-$01808537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964435603321 996 $aPoverty, charity, and motherhood$94358826 997 $aUNINA