Protecting Soldiers and Mothers

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Summary

past, "Protecting Soldiers and Mothers" challenges us to think in new ways about what might be possible in the American future.

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Introduction
Understanding the Origins of Modern Social Provision in the United States
A Precocious Social Spending Regime
Patronage Democracy and Distributive Public Policies in the Nineteenth Century
Public Aid for the Worthy Many: The Expansion of
Benefits for Veterans of the Civil War
The Failure of a Paternalist Welfare State
Reformist Professionals as Advocates of Workingmen's Insurance
Help for the "Army of Labor"? Trade Unions and Social Legislation
Progressive Era Politics and the Defeat of Social Policies for Workingmen and the Elderly
Foundations for a Maternalist Welfare State?
Expanding the Separate Sphere: Women's Civic Action and Political Reforms in the Early Twentieth Century
Safeguarding the "Mothers of the Race": Protective Legislation for Women Workers
An Unusual Victory for Public Benefits: The "Wildfire Spread" of Mothers' Pensions
Statebuilding for Mothers and Babies: The Children's Bureau and the Sheppard-Towner Act
Conclusion America's First Modern Social Policies and Their Legacies
Appendix 1 Percentages of the Elderly in the States and the District of Columbia Receiving Civil War Pensions in 1910
Appendix 2 Endorsements of Mothers' Pensions by Women's Groups
Sources for Table 9 and Figure 27
Notes
Index
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