Maternity Policy and the Making of the Norwegian Welfare State, 1880-1940 / by Anna M. Peterson.
Peterson, Anna M., author.
2018
HN8-HN19
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Title
Maternity Policy and the Making of the Norwegian Welfare State, 1880-1940 / by Anna M. Peterson.
Author
Peterson, Anna M., author.
ISBN
9783319754819
3319754815
3319754807
9783319754802
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75481-9
Published
Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XIII, 221 pages 9 illustrations) : online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-75481-9 doi
Call Number
HN8-HN19
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.09
Summary
This book traces women's influence on maternity policy in Norway from 1880-1940. Maternity policies, including maternity leave, midwifery services and public assistance for mothers, were some of the first welfare policies enacted in Norway. Feminists, midwives, and working women participated in their creation and helped transform maternity policies from a restriction to a benefit. Situating Norway within the larger European context, this book contributes to discussions of Scandinavian welfare state development and further untangles the relationship between social policy and gender equality. This study of poor, rural women alongside urban middle-class feminists is rooted in an inclusive archival source base that speaks to the interplay between local and national welfare officials and recipients, the development and implementation of laws in diverse settings, the divergent effects maternity policies had on women, and women's varied responses.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: "What Nature Itself Demands:" The Development of Maternity Legislation at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 3: "For the Health of the People:" Public Health and the Compensation of Maternity Leave in the 1910s
Chapter 4: "Protecting Mothers and Children:" The Castbergian Children's Laws and Maternity Assistance for Single Mothers in the 1910s
Chapter 5: "Getting the Most Money Possible:" Women's Responses to the Implementation of Maternity Laws, 1916-1930
Chapter 6: "Mothers' Freedom is the Key to Women's Emancipation:" Feminist Efforts to Expand Maternity Legislation in the Interwar Period
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Index.

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