Demanding Child Care: Women's Activism and the Politics of Welfare, 1940-1971

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Index AAUW (American Association of University Women), 26–27, 135 abortion rights, 159 Abshire, F. Presley, 114 activism: of African Americans, 45–46, 193n39; of Blau, 48, 69–70, 73; of educators , 69–72; grassroots, 20, 42–48, 67–69, 107, 151; of Mahler, 84, 93–96, 100–109, 114–18, 157; parental, 40, 42–48, 73–74, 125, 130–31, 171–74; of women, 2, 40, 42– 48, 94–96; of Woods, 33–35, 60, 69–70, 116; of working mothers, 67–69, 72–88, 94–96, 125, 128–31; of Young, Mary, 93–100, 104–8, 114–18, 171–74. See also women: politicization of ADC. See Aid to Dependent Children Addison, Willie Mae, 141, 144, 152, 158 Advisory Committee of Preschool Educational Programs, 169 AFDC, 112, 146 AFL (American Federation of Labor), 22 African Americans: activism of, 45–46, 193n39; California Council of Negro Women, 81; employment opportunities for women, 37; and letter-writing campaigns, 75; migration of, 21, 123; The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (Moynihan), 208n69; and public child care centers, 19–20, 149, 184n24; and welfare, 6, 111, 123, 136–37, 163; welfare statistics, 146. See also racial tensions; racism Aid to Dependent Children (ADC): antiwelfare movement, 5–6; economic benefits of, 112; and means tests, 51–52; recipient statistics, 123; and stigma of welfare, 123; supervision and moral judgments of, 6, 57, 121–23; and working mothers, 79–80. See also Aid to Families with Dependent Children Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 112, 146 Aid to Needy Children (ANC), 111–12, 151. See also Aid to Dependent Children Aid to Needy Children Mothers Anonymous , 151 Alameda County Welfare Commission, 25 Alpha Kappa Alpha, 19 American Association of University Women (AAUW), 26–27, 135 American Federation of Labor (AFL), 22 American Women (President’s Commission on the Status of Women), 153 ANC (Aid to Needy Children), 111–12, 151 ANC Mothers Anonymous of Watts, 157 Angstman, Grace J., 148 anticommunist movement, 61–63, 68, 84, 94 anti-war movement, 148 anti-welfare movement, 5–6, 147–48 Arnstein, Lawrence, 103–7, 112–13, 115–17, 136 Avalon Child Care Guild, 46 Bachman, Betty L., 99, 106, 110–12, 116–18 Baldwin, Mrs. Harris, 27 Baruch, Dorothy, 29 Bass, Carlotta, 46 238 . index Bay Area Child Care Committee, 46 Bay Area Council on Child Care, 24, 30–32 Bay Area Women’s Coalition, 163 Beeson, Thomas Hicks and Viola Ana Christina Hansen, 161 Beeson, Lynne. See Monti, Lynne Bellflower, CA, 89 Berkeley Day Nursery, 26 Berry, Mary Francis, 177n33 Berry, Susan, 29 Blacks. See African Americans Blau, Rosalie: activism of, 48, 69–70, 73; and Mahler, 95, 103–4; pamphlet, 82 Bloom, Benjamin, 132 boarding houses, 178n10 Boyte, Harry, 192n30 BPW (Business and Professional Women), 27, 116 Braithwaite, Yvonne, 170 Brian, Earl, 215n11 Bridges, Harry, 23 Brief Inquiry into the Need for a Child Care Program in California, A (pamphlet), 82–84 Brown, Edmund G., 5, 126, 134, 140, 147 Brown, Harry, 53 Brown, Willie, 153 Burbank Child Care Center, 124 Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite, 170 Burkhalter, Everett, 49 Burnett Children’s Center, 158 California: defense industries in, 5, 9, 20–21; funding of public child care centers, 28–29, 34–37, 39–48, 51–58, 69, 73–74; migration to, 5, 21, 40, 149. See also spe‑ cific cities California Business and Professional Women (BPW), 116 California Child Care Directors and Supervisors ’ Association, 8, 131, 135, 140, 143, 152. See also California Children’s Center Directors and Supervisors’ Association California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, 176–77n22 California Children’s Centers Directors and Supervisors’ Association, 142–43 California CIO Council. See California Council of Industrial Organizations California Commission on the Status of Women, 152–56, 163 California Committee for the Care and Training of Pre-school Groups, 33 California Congress of Industrial Organizations (CA CIO), 15–16, 22–24, 40, 52–54, 56, 56, 61–62, 68; women’s auxiliaries, 15–16, 22, 24, 52–53, 61 California Council of Negro Women, 81 California Eagle (newspaper), 45 California Federation of Women’s Clubs, 81 California League of Women Voters (CALWV): and anticommunist movement , 68; and public child care centers, 27, 51–52, 81, 99, 116–17 California Legislative Conference, 53–54 California legislature: and AB 750 (1970), 164–67; Child Care and Pre-school Centers Act (AB 1423), 134; Child Care Center Act, 34; Child Care Construction Act, 157–58; Children’s Center Act, 140; conservative movement, 147–48; liberalization...