EAN: 9783319754802

MATERNITY POLICY AND THE MAKING OF THE NORWEGIA...

This book traces women's influence on maternity policy in Norway from 1880-1940. Maternity
policies  including maternity leave  midwifery services and public assistance for mothers  were
some of the first welfare policies enacted in Norway. Feminists  midwives  and working women
participated in their creation and helped transform maternity policies from a restriction to a
benefit. Situating Norway within the larger European context  the book contributes to
discussions of Scandinavian welfare state development and further untangles the relationship
between social policy and gender equality.The study of poor  rural women alongside urban
middle-class feminists is rooted in an inclusive archival source base that speaks to the
interplay between local and national welfare officials and recipients  the development and
implementation of laws in diverse settings  the divergent effects maternity policies had on
women  and women's varied response.

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