Administration of Mothers' Aid in Ten Localities
Administration of Mothers' Aid in Ten Localities

Author: Alice Madorah Donahue

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 1434

ISBN-13:

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This pamphlet discusses the legislative regulation of public dance halls in twenty-eight states. Some of the regulations undertaken by the states include restrictions on attendance, hours of operation, supervision, and regulation of the physical and social conditions of the hall. The author also discusses some of the regulations and ordinances of 100 cities including one from Lincoln, Nebraska that required patrons to keep their bodies at least six inches apart.

Pricing the Priceless Child
Pricing the Priceless Child

Author: Viviana A. Zelizer

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 1994-08-28

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780691034591

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This study traces the emergence of changing attitudes about the child, at once economically "useless" and emotionally "priceless", from the late 1800s to the 1930s. It describes how turn-of-the-century America discovered new, sentimental ways to determine a child's monetary worth.