Adams, Christine. <br/><br/>
Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood :  Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (265 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledments -- Introduction: Maternal Societies in the Nineteenth Century -- 1. "Moses Saved from the Waters": The Origins of the Society for Maternal Charity -- 2. "A Grand and Official Institution": The Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon -- 3. Modeling Maternal Behavior: Relations between the Dames Visiteuses and the Pauvres Meres Indigentes -- 4. In the Public Interest: Charitable Associations and Public-utility Status -- 5. "Seconding the Views of the Government": Maternal Societies and the State -- Epilogue: Toward a Welfare State -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252090011 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child welfare-France-History.<br/>Mothers-Services for-France-History.<br/>Children-Services for-France-History.<br/>Poor-Services for-France-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV761 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.7