{"product_id":"demanding-child-care-natalie-m-fousekis-9780252036255","title":"Demanding Child Care: Women's Activism and the Politics of Welfare, 1940-71","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, as women stepped in to fill jobs vacated by men in the armed services, the federal government established public child care centers in local communities for the first time. When the government announced plans to withdraw funding and terminate its child care services at the end of the war, women in California protested and lobbied to keep their centers open, even as these services rapidly vanished in other states. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the informal networks of cross-class and cross-race reformers, policymakers, and educators, Demanding Child Care: Women's Activism and the Politics of Welfare, 1940-1971 traces the rapidly changing alliances among these groups. During the early stages of the childcare movement, feminists, Communists, and labor activists banded together, only to have these alliances dissolve by the 1950s as the movement welcomed new leadership composed of working-class mothers and early childhood educators. In the 1960s, when federal policymakers earmarked child care funds for children of women on welfare and children described as culturally deprived, it expanded child care services available to these groups but eventually eliminated public child care for the working poor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly exploring the possibilities for partnership as well as the limitations among these key parties, Fousekis helps to explain the barriers to a publically funded comprehensive child care program in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie M. Fousekis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252036255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252036255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Natalie M. Fousekis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086440083711,"sku":"9780252036255","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46af51ba-8336-4b34-821a-2d85ea2ba792.jpg?v=1769094680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/demanding-child-care-natalie-m-fousekis-9780252036255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}