Child Care in Black and White: Working Parents and the History of Orphanages

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Constructing Orphans 1 Chapter 1. Institutionalizing Orphans: The Founding and Managing Women 10 Chapter 2. Raising Orphans: The Child Care Dilemma of Families in Crisis 32 Chapter 3. Boarding Orphans: Working Parents’ Use of Orphanages as Child Care 66 Chapter 4. Fathering Orphans: Gender and Institutional Child Care 102 Chapter 5. Reforming Orphans: Progressive Reformers and Staff in the Development of Child Care Organizations 131 Chapter 6. Segregating Orphans: The Home for Colored Children 159 Conclusion: Contesting Orphans 194 Appendix A: Data Sets and Statistical Methodology 205 Appendix B: Biographical Comparison of HCC and UPOH Founding Managers 207 Ramey_Child text.indd 7 2/15/12 10:12 AM Appendix C: Birthplace of HCC Parents 209 Notes 211 Bibliography 245 Credits 261 Index 263 Ramey_Child text.indd 8 2/15/12 10:12 AM ...