A Voice for Mothers : the Plunket Society and Infant Welfare 1907-2000.
The Plunket Society, founded in 1907, has been heralded as New Zealand's most successful and 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, becoming a national and international icon. A Voice for...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Auckland University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | The Plunket Society, founded in 1907, has been heralded as New Zealand's most successful and 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, becoming a national and international icon. A Voice for Mothers, this comprehensive history of Plunket, covers three broad themes: the relationship between the voluntary sector and the State in the provision of welfare, the development of paediatrics, and the relationship between health providers and their clients, the mothers. Bryder stresses, in par. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (882 pages) |
| ISBN: | 186940596X 9781869405960 |