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Women build the welfare state [electronic resource] : performing charity and creating rights in Argentina, 1880-1955 / Donna J. Guy

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Guy, Donna J.
Published
Durham : Duke University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
x, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
Introduction -- Female philanthropy and feminism before the welfare state: family law, and the politics of names -- Benevolence and female volunteerism -- Performing child welfare : philanthropy and feminism from the damas to Eva Perón -- Juvenile delinquency, patriarchy, and female philanthropy -- The depression and the rise of the welfare state -- At the crossroads of change : Peronism, the welfare state, and the decline of non-Peronist female authority.
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ISBN
9780822343479 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822343301 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.
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