This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two "sister" orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children. Drawing on quantitative analysis of the records of more than 1,500 children living at the two orphanages, as well as census data, city logs, and contemporary social science surveys, this study raises new questions about the role of childcare in constructing and perpetrating social inequality in the United States. | Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Constructing Orphans Chapter 1. Institutionalizing Orphans: The Founding and Managing Women Chapter 2. Raising Orphans: The Child Care Dilemma of Families in Crisis Chapter 3. Boarding Orphans: Working Parents' Use of Orphanages as Child Care Chapter 4. Fathering Orphans: Gender and Institutional Child Care Chapter 5. Reforming Orphans: Progressive Reformers and Staff in the Development of Child Care Organ Chapter 6. Segregating Orphans: The Home for Colored Children Conclusion: Contesting Orphans Appendix A: Data Sets and Statistical Methodology Appendix B: Biographical Comparison of HCC and UPOH Founding Managers Appendix C: Birthplace of HCC Parents Notes Bibliography Credits Index Back Cover | Herbert G. Gutman Prize, Labor and Working-Class History Association, 2010. Lerner-Scott Prize in Women's History, Organization of American Historians, 2010. John Heinz Award, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2010. — Labor and Working-Class History Association
Herbert G. Gutman Prize, Labor and Working-Class History Association, 2010. Lerner-Scott Prize in Women's History, Organization of American Historians, 2010. John Heinz Award, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2010. — Organization of American Historians
Herbert G. Gutman Prize, Labor and Working-Class History Association, 2010. Lerner-Scott Prize in Women's History, Organization of American Historians, 2010. John Heinz Award, National Academy of Social Insurance, 2010. — National Academy of Social Insurance
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Jessie B. Ramey is an ACLS New Faculty Fellow in Women's Studies and History at the University of Pittsburgh.