Creating a Female Dominion in American Reform, 1890-1935.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the Dominion: Hull House, 1890-1910 -- 2. A Dominion Materializes: The Children's Bureau, 1903-1917 -- 3. Staffing the Dominion: The School of Social Service Administration, 1903-1930 -- 4. Consolidation and Expansion of the Dominion: The Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act, 1918-1924 -- 5. Contraction and Dissolution of the Female Dominion: Federal Child Welfare Policy, 1924-1935 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Using the concept of a dominion, Muncy argues that during the Progressive era to the New Deal, female reformers built an interlocking set of organizations that attempted to control child welfare policy. By exploring that process, she illuminates the relationship between professionalization and reform, the origins and meaning of Progressive reform, and the role of women in creating the American welfare state.

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