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- Assesses the influence that women had on Norwegian maternity legislation from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century
- Examines how feminists, midwives and working girls shaped maternity policy, considering the poor and rural, and the urban and middle-class
- Utilises previously unused sources from Norwegian regional and national archives
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The study of poor, rural women alongside urban middle-class feminists is rooted in an inclusive archival source base that speaks to the interplay between local and national welfare officials and recipients, the development and implementation of laws in diverse settings, the divergent effects maternity policies had on women, and women’s varied response.
Authors and Affiliations
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Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA
Anna M. Peterson
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Maternity Policy and the Making of the Norwegian Welfare State, 1880-1940
Authors: Anna M. Peterson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75481-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75480-2Published: 26 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09243-6Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75481-9Published: 13 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 221
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social History, Labor History, History of Modern Europe, Women's Studies, Cultural History