Mother's Day, A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960

Mother's Day, A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960
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Mother's Day, A Mother's Job: The History of Day Care, 1890-1960

There are conflicting attitudes toward daycare in modern-day America. While we criticize mothers who choose not to stay at home, we pressure women on welfare to leave their children behind. Although we recognize the benefits of early childhood education, it is not provided as a public right until children start kindergarten. Despite considering our children priceless, we pay minimum wages to the predominantly female workforce who cares for them. There is also uncertainty about whether daycare is harmful or helpful to children and if mothers should be in the workforce. Elizabeth Rose argues that to comprehend these dilemmas, we must delve into daycare's history.

The first book to undertake such an investigation is A Mother's Job. Elizabeth Rose conducts a case study of Philadelphia, exploring the different connotations of daycare for families and providers from the late 1800s to the post-World War II prosperity of the 1950s. By examining the social workers' meticulous records, Rose delves into the changing attitudes toward motherhood, charity, and children's needs.

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