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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Maureen Fitzgerald |
| ISBN: | 0252030346 9780252030345 0252072820 9780252072826 |
| OCLC Number: | 60455052 |
| Description: | x, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Republican mothers and brides of Christ -- Good girls, bad girls, and the Great Hunger, 1845-70 -- Placing-out and Irish-Catholic cultural reproduction, 1848-64 -- Saving children from the child-savers, 1864-94 -- "The family" and "the institution" : the roads to the White House, 1890-1909 -- The immaculate conception of the welfare state, 1895-1920. |
| Series Title: | Women in American history |
| Responsibility: | Maureen Fitzgerald. |
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