Hearts of wisdom American women caring for kin, 1850-1940

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1. Verfasser: Abel, Emily K. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2000
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USA
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"Hot flannels, hot teas, and a great deal of care": Emily Hawley Gillespie and Sarah Gillespie, 1858-1888 -- An overview of nineteenth-century caregiving -- "Tried at the quilting bees": conflicts between "old ladies" and aspiring professionals -- A "terrible and exhausting" struggle: Martha Shaw Farnsworth, 1890-1924 -- "Just as you direct": caregiver translations of medical authority -- Negotiating public health directives: poor New Yorkers at the turn of the century -- Caregiving during the Great Depression: mothers seeking children's health care and American Indians encountering public health nurses -- "Very dear to my heart": confronting labels of feeblemindedness and epilepsy -- "Like ordinary hearing children": raising offspring according to oralist dictates -- Conclusion: The uses of the past
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 326 pages)
ISBN:0674003144
0674010159
0674020022
9780674003149
9780674010154
9780674020023