A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.
"The Plunket Society, founded in 1907 and familiar to all New Zealanders, is our most successful and most famous voluntary organisation. Run by women for women, it played a vital role in the care of mothers and babies for most of the twentieth century, it became a national icon and its praises...
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| Language: | English |
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Auckland , N.Z. :
Auckland University Press,
2003.
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| Summary: | "The Plunket Society, founded in 1907 and familiar to all New Zealanders, is our most successful and most famous voluntary organisation. Run by women for women, it played a vital role in the care of mothers and babies for most of the twentieth century, it became a national icon and its praises were sung internationally. This comprehensive history of Plunket covers its complex relations with government on the one hand and with its clients, the mothers, on the other. Linda Bryder particularly stresses changing views on infant health and the growth of paediatrics, the political pressures applied by government and by the medical profession, the influence of some gifted women who shaped the fortunes of the society, and its diminishing impact in recent years. As any mother who has anxiously awaited the visit of the Plunket nurse knows, this was a truly remarkable institution: this book vividly shows the history, the philosophy and the commitment which lay behind it."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1869402901 9781869402907 |