Child care in black and white working parents and the history of orphanages - Ramey, Jessie B.; ebrary, Inc. (Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012)
Institutionalizing orphans : the founding and managing women -- Raising orphans : the child care dilemma of families in crisis -- Boarding orphans : working parents' use of orphanages as child care -- Fathering orphans : gender and institutional child care -- Reforming orphans : progressive reformers and staff in the development of child care organizations -- Segregating orphans : the Home for Colored Children -- Conclusion : contesting orphans.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History; Children -- Institutional care -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History; Working poor -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History; Poor women -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History; Race discrimination -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History; Race relations -- History; Electronic books