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Women build the welfare state : performing charity and creating rights in Argentina, 1880-1955

Title
Women build the welfare state : performing charity and creating rights in Argentina, 1880-1955 / Donna J. Guy.
Author
Guy, Donna J.
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

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Description
xi, 252 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-241) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Female philanthropy and feminism before the welfare state : family law and the politics of names -- Benevolence and female volunteerism -- Performing child welfare : philanthropy and feminism from the damas to Eva Perón -- Juvenile delinquency, patriarchy, and female philanthropy -- The depression and the rise of the welfare state -- At the crossroads of change : Peronism, the welfare state, and the decline of non-Peronist female authority.
Call Number
JFE 09-1851
ISBN
  • 9780822343479 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822343479 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822343301 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822343304 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008042247
OCLC
270230477
Author
Guy, Donna J.
Title
Women build the welfare state : performing charity and creating rights in Argentina, 1880-1955 / Donna J. Guy.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-241) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-1851
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