Poverty, Charity, and Motherhood: Maternal Societies in Nineteenth-Century France

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Maternal Societies in the Nineteenth Century 1 1. “Moses Saved from the Waters”: The Origins of the Society for Maternal Charity 29 2. “A Grand and Official Institution”: The Society for Maternal Charity under Napoleon 58 3. Modeling Maternal Behavior: Relations between the Dames Visiteuses and the Pauvres Mères Indigentes 83 4. In the Public Interest: Charitable Associations and Public-utility Status 113 5. “Seconding the Views of the Government”: Maternal Societies and the State 139 Epilogue: Toward a Welfare State 171 Notes 181 Index 247 ...