Proceedings Of The National Conference Of Charities And Correction, At The ... Annual Session Held In ...; Volume 27

Proceedings Of The National Conference Of Charities And Correction, At The ... Annual Session Held In ...; Volume 27

Author: National Conference of Charities and

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021844743

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This book contains the official proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. The sessions cover a wide range of topics, from prison reform to child welfare. Anyone interested in social reform should read this important historical document. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the ... Annual Session Held in ...;

Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the ... Annual Session Held in ...;

Author: National Conference of Charities and Cor

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-26

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780344227424

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


The Sentimental State

The Sentimental State

Author: Elizabeth Garner Masarik

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0820366080

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"This book shows how middle-class women, both white and Black, harnessed the nineteenth-century "culture of sentiment" to generate political action in the Progressive Era. Sentimentalism marched right alongside women's step into the public sphere of political action. The concerns over infant mortality and the "fall" of young women interconnected with sentimentalism to elicit public action in the formation of the American welfare state. Elements of the associational state were built by the voluntary and paid work of female reformers working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Women saw a need, filled it, and cobbled together a network of voluntary organizations that tapped state funding and support when available. Their work provided safeguards for women and children and created a network of female-oriented programs that policed and aided women of child-bearing age at the turn of the twentieth century. This book demonstrates the strength of the connection between the nineteenth century sentimental culture and female political action, defined as government support for infant and maternal welfare, in the twentieth century"--