Maternity Policy and the Making of the Norwegian Welfare State, 1880-1940

• Main Author: Peterson, Anna M. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social history.; Labor-History.; Europe-History-1492-.; Women.; Civilization-History.; Social History.; Labor History.; History of Modern Europe.; Women's Studies.; Cultural History.

This book traces women's influence on maternity policy in Norway from 1880-1940. Maternity policies, including maternity leave, midwifery services and public assistance for mothers, were some of the first welfare policies enacted in Norway. Feminists, midwives, and working women participated in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: "What Nature Itself Demands:" The Development of Maternity Legislation at the End of the Nineteenth Century
• Chapter 3: "For the Health of the People:" Public Health and the Compensation of Maternity Leave in the 1910s
• Chapter 4: "Protecting Mothers and Children:" The Castbergian Children's Laws and Maternity Assistance for Single Mothers in the 1910s
• Chapter 5: "Getting the Most Money Possible:" Women's Responses to the Implementation of Maternity Laws, 1916-1930
• Chapter 6: "Mothers' Freedom is the Key to Women's Emancipation:" Feminist Efforts to Expand Maternity Legislation in the Interwar Period
• Chapter 7: Conclusion
• Index.