Sentimental State: How Women-Led Reform Built the American Welfare State

Sentimental State: How Women-Led Reform Built the American Welfare State By Masarik, Elizabeth Garner Published by University of Georgia Press Publication Date: 2024-04-01 Subject: 19Th Century, C 1800 To C 1899, 20Th Century, C 1900 To C 1999, History Social History, History United States 19Th Century, History United States 20Th Century, History Women, History Social History, History United States - 19Th Century, History United States - 20Th Century, History Women, Political Science Public Policy Social Services & Welfare, Political Science Public Policy - Social Services, Political Science Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare, Social Science Gender Studies, Social Science Women'S Studies, Social Science Gender Studies, Social Science Women'S Studies, Gender Studies, Gender Groups, Gender Studies: Women, History Of The Americas, History: Specific Events & Topics, Social & Cultural History, Social Services & Welfare, Criminology, Gender Studies: Women And Girls, Social And Cultural History, Social Welfare And Social Services, Political Science Public Policy - Social Services, Political Science, Public Policy - Social Services Subject Keywords: Atlanta Race Riot; baby farms; brothels; cemetery; Charles Crittenton; Charlotte Temple; child death; culture of sentiment; death photography; Exodusters; Georgia; Gilded Age; infant mortality; Jim Crow; Kansas; Kate Waller Barrett; Lugenia Burns Hope; maternal mortality; memento mori; Neighborhood Union; New York; placing out; Progressive Era; prostitution; reform; sentimental fiction; sentimentalism; sex work; suffrage; vice; Victorian Genre: Political Science, Public Policy - Social Services Target Audience: A Read for the Modern Generation