Every Child a Lion: The Origins of Maternal and Infant Health Policy in the U.S. and France

by Alisa Klaus

Overview

One of Aesop's fables tells of the fox who taunted the lion about having so few children. "Yes," the lion replies, "but every child is a lion." This dispute is particularly appropriate to Alisa Klaus's comparative account of the early history of maternal and child welfare programs in the United States and France over a thirty-year period.

Her central concerns include the ways in which pronatalism in France and fears of "race suicide" in the United States shaped public and professional intervention in reproduction, and the influence of women's organizations on social policy in two different institutional and political settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501738678
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	30 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Alisa Klaus teaches in the Board of Studies in History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.